かこ
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. the past; bygone days
Noun
2. one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)
3. past (tense); preterit; preterite
4. previous life
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
past tense
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
Examples (32 in total)
One cannot erase the past.
It's all in the past.
I don't care about your past.
History deals with the past.
Old people are inclined to look back on the past.
I try not to dwell on the past.
That's all in the past now.
The police were inquiring into the suspect's past.
I don't know anything about his past.
You must live in the present, not in the past.
The time when such things could happen is past.
We study the past for the sake of the future.
How long are you going to cling to past glory?
It is considered impossible to travel back to the past.
In times of crisis one should never idealise the past.
They inquired about his past experience.
We sat talking about the remote past.
Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.
The secretary was asked to file past records.
The population has doubled in the last five years.
The weather is forecast, using the past data as a basis.
He dwells on his past failures.
In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.
Nothing will make up for his past mistakes.
He referred to his past experience in his speech.
Tom wants to know more about Mary's past.
Our policy is to build for the future, not the past.
Tom had never eaten raw fish before.
Each generation would have to rediscover for itself the truths of the past.
This car has been used for the past ten years.
The unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low in January.
The present perfect expresses the long span from past to present.