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    3. 大昔

    大昔

    大おお昔むかし

    ancient times

    KMT9News #30+1Ref L2Noun, AdverbHistoryKanji Vocab11 strokes

    大むかし

    おおむかし

    Noun, Adverb

    1.
    ancient times, prehistoric times, the distant past, a very long time ago

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    大おお昔むかし、この地ちい域きには恐きょう竜りゅうが住すんでいた。

    A long time ago, dinosaurs lived in this region.

    KMT5HistoryAnimalsNature & Environment
    大おお昔むかしの人ひと々びとは、どのように生せい活かつしていたのだろうか。

    How did people live in ancient times, I wonder?

    KMT9HistoryDaily Life
    大おお昔むかしの壁へき画がは、当とう時じの生せい活かつを物もの語がたっている。

    Ancient cave paintings tell the story of life at that time.

    KMT9HistoryArt & Design
    大おお昔むかしの地ちきゅ球うは、今いまとは全まったく異ことなる環かん境きょうだった。

    The Earth in ancient times had a completely different environment than it does now.

    KMT9HistoryNature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    この遺いせ跡きは、大おお昔むかしの文ぶん明めいが栄さかえていた証しょう拠こだ。

    This ruin is evidence that an ancient civilization flourished here.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    昔
    むかし…(2)
    once upon a time・antiquity・old times
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