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    3. 昔

    昔

    昔むかし

    once upon a time

    N3KMT8Freq #1197HistoryKanji8 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    むかし

    On'yomi

    セキシャク

    once upon a timeantiquityold times

    廾日

    十
    廾
    丿
    日

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    暁昇典早尭奔峅枡奔暁昨旬昇典昏早旱尭飛

    Concepts using this kanji

    昔

    the old days

    昔話

    old tale

    一昔

    an age (ago)

    大昔

    ancient times

    昔のまま

    the way it was

    今昔

    past and present

    十年一昔

    the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history

    一昔前

    long ago

    昔人

    previous generations

    二昔

    way in the past

    今は昔

    once upon a time

    昔日

    old days

    昔年

    old times

    昔人間

    old-fashioned person

    昔者

    old person

    昔時

    old times

    昔式

    old fashioned

    今昔物語

    Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period)

    昔は昔、今は今

    let bygones be bygones

    古昔

    ancient times

    昔気質

    old-fashioned way of thinking

    今昔物語集

    Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period)

    昔語り

    old story

    昔を想う

    to recall the old days

    昔兎

    paleolagine lagomorph (Paleolaginae spp., incl. the Amami rabbit and the red rock hares)

    その昔

    a long time ago

    昔々

    long ago

    昔なじみ

    old friend

    昔ながら

    unchanged (from long ago)

    とうの昔

    a long time ago

    とっくの昔

    a long, long time ago

    とくの昔

    a long time ago

    遠い昔

    remote past

    往昔

    ancient times

    昔取った杵柄

    skill learned in one's former days

    昔懐かしい

    reminiscent of the good old times

    昔を懐かしむ

    to view the past with nostalgia

    昔風

    old-fashioned

    昔蜻蛉

    Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)

    遥か昔

    long ago

    昔沙蚕

    archiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)

    姫昔蓬

    horseweed (Conyza canadensis)

    昔蜥蜴

    tuatara (primitive lizardlike reptile endemic to New Zealand)

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    • 丿
    • 十
    • 廾
    • 日

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    • 一昔
    • 一昔前
    • 往昔
    • 古昔
    • 昔
    • 昔式
    • 昔日
    • 昔風
    • 昔話
    • 大昔
    • 今昔
    • 昔々
    • 昔年
    • 昔気質
    • 昔なじみ
    • 昔語り
    • 十年一昔
    • 昔時
    • 遠い昔
    • 遥か昔
    • 昔を想う
    • 昔を懐かしむ
    • 昔取った杵柄
    • 昔ながら
    • 昔蜥蜴
    • 今は昔
    • とうの昔
    • とっくの昔
    • とくの昔
    • 昔は昔、今は今
    • 昔蜻蛉
    • 昔者
    • その昔
    • 昔兎
    • 昔のまま
    • 昔沙蚕
    • 昔人間
    • 姫昔蓬
    • 昔人
    • 昔懐かしい
    • 二昔
    • 今昔物語
    • 今昔物語集

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