Kanji: 昔 Radical: 日 (ひ) :
セキ、シャク;
むかし;
old times
Joyo grade: 3 Stroke count: 8 Index in Nelson dictionary: 2108 Index in Halpern dictionary: 2432
| 古昔 | こせき | (n) ancient times/ |
| 遥か昔 | はるかむかし | long ago/ |
| 大昔 | おおむかし | (n-adv,n-t) great antiquity/old-fashioned/long
ago/(P)/ |
| 遠い昔 | とおいむかし | remote past/ |
| 今昔 | こんせき | (n) past and present/ |
| 久しい昔 | ひさしいむかし
| a long time ago/ |
| 往昔 | おうせき
| (n) ancient times/ |
| 今昔 | こんじゃく
| (n) past and present/(P)/ |
| 十年一昔 | じゅうねんひとむかし
| (n) expression suggesting that the pace of
change makes ten years back seem like ancient history/ |
| 一昔前 | ひとむかしまえ | long ago/previous/of a former age/ |
| 一昔 | ひとむかし
| (n) ages/long time/decade/the past ten
years/(P)/ |
| 遠の昔 | とおのむかし | long ages ago/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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