昔 — once upon a time, antiquity, old times

Common words with 昔

• 昔むかしthe old days; the past; former times; a long time agoCommon

  ここは昔、畑だった。
  This place used to be a field.

• 昔話むかしばなしold tale; folk tale; legendCommon

  久しぶりに会ったんだから、酒でも飲みながら、昔話にでも花を咲かせるとするか。
  It's been so long since we last met up. Let's have a drink or two and talk about the good old days.

• 一昔ひとむかしan age (ago); a long time (ago); a decade (ago)Common
• 大昔おおむかしancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time agoCommon
• 今昔こんじゃくpast and presentCommon
• 昔のままむかしのままthe way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former timesCommon
• 昔風むかしふうold-fashioned; old-styleOccasional
• 昔ながらむかしながらunchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditionalOccasional
• 昔人むかしびとprevious generations; people of the past; ancientsRare
• 昔者むかしものold person; old-fashioned personRare
• その昔そのむかしa long time ago; in those daysRare
• 今は昔いまはむかしonce upon a time; a long time agoRare
• 二昔ふたむかしway in the past; two (or so) decades (ago)Rare
• 昔人間むかしにんげんold-fashioned person; old-timer; old fogeyRare
• 十年一昔じゅうねんひとむかしthe pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient historyRare
• 昔式むかししきold fashioned; in ancient styleRare
• 昔は昔、今は今むかしはむかし、いまはいまlet bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the presentRare
• 昔々むかしむかしlong ago; once upon a timeRare
• 昔々あるところにむかしむかしあるところにonce upon a timeRare
• とくの昔とくのむかしa long time ago; long agoRare

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