昔むかし
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago
I did have a girl I liked in the past, though.
Noun
2. the past ten years; the past decade
used as a unit of time
Kanji used
long ago
Pitch accent
む
かし
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Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
a long, long time ago; very long ago
Examples (161 in total)
I used to be a teacher.
This city used to be beautiful.
That was such a long time ago.