過か去こ

noun, adverb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

the past; bygone days

General term for time before the present. Can be used as a noun, adverbially, or with の to modify nouns.

• 過か去このことは忘わすれよう。

  Let's forget about the past.

• 過か去こに一いち度どだけ富ふ士じ山さんに登のぼったことがある。

  I have climbed Mt. Fuji only once in the past.

noun

one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)

Often used when referring to a personal history one wants to hide, such as a criminal record or embarrassing episode.

• 彼かれには暗くらい過か去こがあるらしい。

  He seems to have a dark past.

noun

past tense; preterite

Grammar term. Used in linguistic contexts.

• 英えい語ごの過か去こ形けいは「過か去こ」とも呼よばれる。

  The English past tense is also called 'kako'.

noun

previous life (Buddhism)

Buddhist term referring to a former existence.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、過か去この因いん縁ねんが現げん在ざいに影えい響きょうすると説とかれる。

  In Buddhism, it is taught that karma from previous lives affects the present.