Keyword
past
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig812
Readings
(47%)
(35%)
きょ
(13%)
(2%)
Composed of
earth
arm of a bodybuilder
Mnemonic

The great bodybuilders of the past are buried underneath the earth.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
law
recoil in fear
lid
repel
Used in vocabulary (158 in total)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to disappear; to vanish
to run away; to run off
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to pass; to pass by
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to forget completely; to leave behind
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
to take away; to carry away
to crumble away; to collapse
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
removal; getting rid of
to abandon (ship)
to take flight; to disappear
departure; leaving; going away; recession
to take away; to carry off
to walk away; to walk off
to remove; to eliminate
to consign to oblivion
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
to leave this world; to die
(process of) elimination
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to walk away; to saunter off
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
castration; enervation
to carry away
leaving; quitting; retiring
death; passing
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
largest ever; biggest; record
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad
past (exam) question collection
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
to abandon; to leave behind
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
shadowy past; murky past
highest ever (number of); record-high; most on record
to become a thing of the past
to pass; to pass by
death (of a nobleman, Imperial family member, etc.); demise
to break loose; to quit
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
record low; worst ever
lowest ever; record-low; lowest on record
do not pursue those who leave you
do not chase the one who leaves
(family) death register
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
to retreat; to withdraw; to deduct
one's previous life
dating back from now; ago
to remove; to eliminate
to eliminate; to remove; to cast out
surgical castration; castration surgery; neutering; orchiectomy; orchidectomy
to retreat; to withdraw; to deduct
extraction; withdrawal; evulsion; avulsion
death (of a noble, etc.)
past (exam) question collection
quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown
one's previous life
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
fewest ever; fewest on record; record-low
expectoration
with time we forget those who have died; out of sight, out of mind; friendships fade with distance
recent past tense (e.g. passato prossimo in Italian); present perfect; recent past
to disappear; to be gone
selfless devotion to justice
to become a thing of the past
past perfect tense; pluperfect
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
unlawful trespass; occupying a property and refusing to leave
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it
removal; deletion
aorist tense (Greek); past-perfective tense
out of sight, out of mind; the dead are forgotten with time
with time we forget those who have died; out of sight, out of mind; friendships fade with distance
out of sight, out of mind; the dead are forgotten with time
imperfect tense
to seek results, not show; (lit.) to discard the flower for the fruit
falling tone (in Chinese)
the four tones in old Chinese phonetics
divorcing woman
abduction; kidnapping
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
historical revisionism
last ... (e.g. "last April")
Gaussian elimination
leaving school (due to transfer)
do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes
do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes
past tense; preterit tense
tenth lunar month
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; (lit.) the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away
remote past tense (e.g. passato remoto in Italian)
Examples (200 in total)
I don't care about your past.
It's all in the past.
I don't know anything about his past.