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昔 (むかし): old days; past — Japanese vocabulary

昔 is read むかし and means "old days; past". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

昔

Reading
むかし · mukashi
Translation
old days; past
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
むかしが

Example

昔、ここに川がありました。

むかし、ここにかわがありました。

There used to be a river here.

Kanji in this word

  • 昔 — Once Upon A Time, Antiquity, Old Times

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