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昔 (むかし) — old days | JLPT N4 · Nihongo Circle

昔

むかし

adverb

Meanings

1old days
2past
3the old days
4the past
5former times
6the past ten years
7the past decade

Example sentence

昔は長電話して、よく怒られたものだ。

I used to get yelled at for hogging the phone.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

昔Once Upon A Time, Antiquity, Old Times8 strokes

More words with 昔

一昔ひとむかし · an age (ago)昔話むかしばなし · old tale 昔のままむかしのまま · the way it was

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