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
Kanji used
surpass something
past
Pitch accent
Top 900
Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
past (exam) question collection
largest ever; biggest; record
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
shadowy past; murky past
to become a thing of the past
(family) death register
record low; worst ever
lowest ever; record-low; lowest on record
highest ever (number of); record-high; most on record
past (exam) question collection
one's previous life
to become a thing of the past
past perfect tense; pluperfect
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
fewest ever; fewest on record; record-low
aorist tense (Greek); past-perfective tense
aorist tense (Greek); past-perfective tense
past tense; preterit tense
imperfect tense
historical revisionism
Examples (32 in total)
One cannot erase the past.
It's all in the past.
I don't care about your past.