かこ
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. the past; bygone days
All of that is in the past.
Noun
2. one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)
Do you know my past?
3. past (tense); preterit; preterite
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4. previous life
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
past tense
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
past exam questions
Examples (76 in total)
One cannot erase the past.
It's all in the past.
I don't care about your past.
Do you know my past?
History deals with the past.
I am no longer bound by the past.
I have discarded the past entirely.
I have shaken off the past.
It is useless to regret the past.
Everything is now a thing of the past.
Old people are inclined to look back on the past.
That's all in the past now.
The police were inquiring into the suspect's past.
Reality always shatters the past.
The focal point of the story is the past.
If you don't stop, I'll expose your past.
I don't know anything about his past.
No matter what you do, you cannot change the past.
He has a past he can't tell anyone about.
You must live in the present, not in the past.
The time when such things could happen is past.
This is an unprecedented situation.
We study the past for the sake of the future.
I did not hesitate even with questions concerning the past or the future.
And then, memories of the past come back.
I can no longer avoid facing the past.
I don't understand the difference between the perfect and the past tense in English.
The past should perhaps be quietly buried.
How long are you going to cling to past glory?
Lying in bed, I looked back on my past.
Even if I have to face a painful past, I'll keep pushing forward.
He got cancelled over a past gaffe.
Nowadays, things like declarations of war are relics of the past.
It is considered impossible to travel back to the past.
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In times of crisis one should never idealise the past.
The tenses are past, present and future.
They inquired about his past experience.
We sat talking about the remote past.
Whether in the past, the present, or the future, I just keep moving forward the same way!
All of that had become something from the distant past.
There is no precedent for an incident like this.
Before you know it, you're bound by the chains of the past and can't act freely.
Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.
I have no intention of reversing my past choices.
The secretary was asked to file past records.
In the past, I relentlessly sought only other people's pasts.
It's not as if you don't know about that tragic past yourself.
The sorrow-filled eyes are gazing into the distant past.
The population has doubled in the last five years.
But this is no time to be thinking back on the past.
The weather is forecast, using the past data as a basis.
He dwells on his past failures.
The unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low in January.
In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.
It was a scene as if the past and the future appeared at the same time.
We have experienced many changes over the last decade.
Women had little choice in the past.
Perhaps the truth of the past incident is as my father says.
Everyone must have a thing or two in their past they don't want others to know.
Nothing will make up for his past mistakes.
Whoever it may be, one accepts, swallows, and digests the past.
He referred to his past experience in his speech.
His voice had a ring of longing for the past.
You've probably read about past religious persecution too.
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.
Looking back on my past remarks, I can't help but give a wry smile.
She took pride in her own past and accepted the ending that lay beyond it.
The world we see now is made up of past memories.
Sever the past and elevate the present to its highest possible level.
There was a time in the past when we worked together, just for a little while.
I don't intend to discard the past, but I will draw a line here and move forward.
The present perfect expresses the long span from past to present.
Each generation would have to rediscover for itself the truths of the past.