Keyword
past
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig355
Readings
ぜ
(39%)
ゆえ
(27%)
こ
(22%)
ふる
(8%)
Composed of
old
folding chair
Mnemonic

In the past I had this folding chair that was reaaaaally old. It was probably an antique. Maybe I could sell it off for a lot of money? Hmm... I wonder what happened to it?

Used in kanji (1 in total)
make do
Used in vocabulary (173 in total)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
why; how; for what reason
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
the late; the deceased
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
therefore; consequently
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
nuclear power plant accident; nuclear accident
accidental death
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)
and so; therefore; for that reason
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
one's native land
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
fatal accident; deadly accident
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
relation; connection; affinity
because; for; the reason why is ...
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
serious accident; major incident
source, cause of an accident
accident prevention
wastepaper; scrap paper
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
car accident; automobile accident
minor collision; (have) a scrape (with another vehicle); fender bender
accident at sea; maritime accident
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
aircraft involved in an accident; crashed aircraft; distressed aircraft
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
out of order; out of service
TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
(vehicle) skidding accident
stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred
without accident
death (of a person)
Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
traffic accident resulting in property damage
car involved in an accident; car with an accident history
single-vehicle accident; single-vehicle collision
multi-vehicle accident
developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past
employment of workers through personal connections; hiring through personal connections; nepotism
accidents frequent; accident-prone zone; accident blackspot
ancient practices; old customs
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
one's former master
the reason is that ...; because
to think of the dead
therefore; because of this; for this reason
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
criticality accident (in the nuclear industry)
receiver's shop; pawnshop which knowingly buys stolen goods
points failure (railroad)
conscious neglect; willful negligence; wilful negligence
without a reason
traffic accident for which the other side is at fault
former residence; former land; place remembered for a connection to someone
idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China
one's native place
worldly affairs
self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident
origin and history; particulars
the wisdom of the ancients
wastepaper; scrap paper
to know much of the world
broken product; faulty product
vehicle accident involving a turn (e.g. when a car turns and hits a bicycle that was going straight); left-turn accident; right-turn accident; left-hook accident; right-hook accident
(voluntary) manslaughter; killing with intent
studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households
old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
intentional crime
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
severe accident (esp. relating to a nuclear reactor)
related person; relative
the wisdom of the ancients
congestion caused by a traffic accident
old acquaintance
buying stolen goods; receiving
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
historic spot; historic site; place of historical interest; historic remains; ruins
historic spot; historic site; place of historical interest; historic remains; ruins
traffic accident for which the other side is at fault
relatives and old friends
dead person; the deceased
crowd incident (e.g. crowd crush, stampede)
I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
without a reason
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
history of (automobile) accidents
as such; that being so; for that reason
used paper; paper for recycling
authentic precedent
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum
there is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile
as such; that being so; for that reason
reasonable; understandable; justified; not without reason
evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime
rice contaminated by an accident
former appearance; original form
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
don't judge a book by its cover; (lit.) a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high
and so; therefore; for that reason
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)
to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)
hometown tax; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government
therefore; because of this; for this reason
I think, therefore I am; cogito, ergo sum
severe accident (esp. relating to a nuclear reactor)
reasonable; understandable; justified; not without reason
historic ruins; foundations of an ancient building
antiquity; old acquaintance
person who buys stolen goods; dealer in stolen goods; receiver; fence
dealing in stolen goods
crony politics; nepotistic government
recruiting (inviting application for) through personal connections; private (stock) offering (subscription)
seeming to be with certain circumstances; seeming to be for a certain reason
seeming to be with certain circumstances; seeming to be for a certain reason
one's former self
event insured against
Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction
stuck-at fault (chip, circuit); stack fault
historic customary reading of a kanji word
one's second home; home away from home
studying the past; researching history
unusual event; change (for the worse); accident
accident-prone zone; accident blackspot
person with a special relationship (e.g. in inheritance); special relative
(at) the time of an accident; (in) the event of an accident
intentional walk; intentional base on balls; IBB
explosion accident; explosion
painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)
Examples (200 in total)
Why do you think so?
Why are you busy today?
No one knew why.