Meaning of 昔 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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昔JLPT 4
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Kana Readingむかし
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Romajimukashi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
- Meaning
- olden days; former
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Example Sentences
昔, むかし used in context
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昔の作品ですが、ネーム無しで好き放題やってしまったので無駄に長いです。
This is an early work, I did it freely without storyboarding so it's unreasonably long.
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Haru's always been like that; he's very kind at heart.
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NB: Drawn a long time ago so the quality is poor.
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昔はペチャパイだったのに、いつの間にかこんなに大きくなりやがって。
She used to be flat-chested - just when did she get so large?
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昔は、悪いことをすると、学校の先生から平手をくらったり拳固をもらうことが当たり前だった。
In the past it was perfectly normal to get the back of a teacher's hand or fist as punishment.
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I don't know about the past, but now we have faxes and emails.
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