むかし
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago
I did have a girl I liked in the past, though.
Noun
2. the past ten years; the past decade
used as a unit of time
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (33 in total)
long ago; once upon a time
a long time ago; in those days
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
Examples (161 in total)
I used to be a teacher.
This city used to be beautiful.
That was such a long time ago.
We used to commute together in the past.
This place used to be a field.
Those are old magazines.
The world has been hectic since long ago.
He is no longer the person he used to be.
I don't remember much about the old days.
He is an old friend of mine.
It's a very old picture.
I don't have as much money as I used to have.
He used to drink.
Formerly this building was a hospital.
He used to be a nice boy.
I ran into my old teacher at the station.
You know, I used to hate cherry blossoms.
My father has been a Giants fan for ages.
In the old days, the line between the upper and lower classes was clear.
My grandfather tells us about old things.
Your hair used to be very long, didn't it?
That was years ago.
There used to be a hotel around here.
Besides, I've been a regular visitor there for ages.
We were young once, weren't we, Linda?
This area used to be a haunt of thieves.
I've actually been pretty popular with guys ever since I was young.
I just repaid an old debt of gratitude.
You know, programs like that used to be popular.
I met an old student of mine in London.
I used to love telling jokes.
Gambling has long been his weakness.
Old people look back on the past too much.
Tom and I've been friends a long time.
Tom used to wear a wig.
She must have been well-off in the past.
But of course that was a long time ago.
This used to be a pretty quiet place.
Let's get together and talk about old times.
In the past, there were no such beasts in the forest.
That is the shop where I used to work.
There was a castle here many years ago.
Walking along the street, I met an old friend.
It happened a long time ago.
It must be a book made quite a long time ago.
I have a date tonight with an old girlfriend.
I like to talk about the good old days.
He doesn't work as hard as he used to.
With time on my hands, I sorted through my old photos.
I've known that for ages.
I had bad grades in the past too, you know.
I have a scar on my knee from an old injury.
Once there lived a great king.
In old times people didn't think that the earth is round.
I saw this movie a very long time ago.
It feels as though it was decades ago.
I'm not as healthy as I used to be.
You never used to treat me like this.
There used to be a candy section like that, didn't there?
He told me how he had once been a rich man.
And he used to be so attached to me.
I recognized it immediately because traces of its former appearance remained.
In the old days, people slaughtered chickens at home and ate them.
She honestly admitted her past mistake.
I don't smoke now, but I used to.
I wonder if I've developed more of a core inside me than I had before.
The two of them quietly talked over old memories.
There used to be a bake-shop on this corner.
This town was once rich from trade.
I ran into an old friend of mine outside the station.
It used to be thought that the earth was flat.
He is not so diligent as he used to be.
Long ago, people crossed the seas in search of gold.
She cherished his old love letters.
People once held that the world was flat.
I didn't know that Tom used to work in Boston.
Tom didn't use to eat so much junk food.
I used to work in an electronics store.
The Greeks used to hold a big athletic meet.
I used to be more creative.
I felt like someone somewhere had called me by my old nickname.
I did have a girl I liked in the past, though.
This is where my family used to live.
However, this has not always been true.
Once there lived an old man in a village.
We remembered the old days when we had played together.
In the past, many people were forced to work as slaves.
Once there lived an old man in the village.
I remember singing that song long ago.
The river is no longer as clean as it used to be.
I happened to meet an old friend at Tokyo Station.
There used to be a large park here.
Why do old memories come back to me like this?
After all, it was seven years ago.
Old magazines used to put black bars over people's eyes in photos.
In the old days, people made their own food and clothes.
In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto.
He looks like a completely different person to what he was before.
Even though we had only just met, we could talk like old friends.
The basic recipe had been completed a long time ago.
He must have gone to see his old friend.
There has long been coming and going between the two villages.
In the old days, rich people gave rice to the poor.
She finally managed to get a hold of her old friend.
Suddenly, memories from long ago came flooding back.
Oh, it's nothing; I dabbled in this sort of thing a bit a long time ago.
In the old days, we used to kill a chicken on special occasions.
This town still retains something of the old days.
It is said that he has a lot of old coins.
I used to watch TV at least three hours every day.
They say an ancient king lies buried in this mound.
There used to be a tall tree near the temple.
Buildings are much stronger now than they used to be.
I hear the proprietress of this bar used to be a singer.
She has always been a popular actress.
There used to be a vegetable garden in our yard.
She released an album of covers of old classics.
As far as I know, he used to be a good student.
This summer resort is no longer as popular as it used to be.
You remind me of a boy I used to know.
Keep in mind that you're not as young as you used to be.
The story reminds me of an experience I had long ago.
He is also an old acquaintance, and is currently raising a young daughter.
It seems to be from quite a long time ago, and there are no records left at all.
He was, is, and will be, my best friend.
I ran across an old classmate on my way here.
At forty, he does not get as angry as he used to.
There used to be a small castle on this hill.
Birds have been surviving like that for a very long time.
It seems that people used to live there in the past, but now it appears to be uninhabited.
The scars on the tree trunk remain, just as they were in the past.
At first, I was looking for a book of folklore that had been in the house since long ago.
Quite by chance, I met my old friend at the airport.
There used to be a statue of a lion at the gate.
I ran into an old classmate of mine on my way to the station.
We walked along the busy street, singing old songs.
The actors appeared in historical costumes.
The view that wars of aggression are unjust has been around for a long time.
Once there lived a very wicked king in England.
I was surprised when I found out that Tom used to be a French teacher.
I didn't use to like opera, but I enjoy it a lot now.
I hear my father was once well known as a skilled cook.
On my way home, I came across an old friend.
She sat in the chair all day, thinking of past events.
In the past, the road seemed to stretch on endlessly.
My father used to say that money is not everything.
This song always makes me think of my good old days.
My father used to own a store dealing in meat and fish.
It is a tool left by the Japanese people who were on this island in the past for the Japanese people of the future.
There is much more water in this lake now than in the past.
Wrapping a green onion around your neck when you have a cold is old folk wisdom.
Haru's always been like that; he's very kind at heart.
Archaeologists are those who hunt for clues about the lifestyles of ancient peoples.
The couple doesn't fight often these days, but they used to a lot.
Old habits die hard. This is particularly true of politics.
The old teacher began to talk about the good old days.
He gave away his entire fortune to an old friend's daughter, and expected nothing in return.
I haven't seen any of my old classmates since I graduated 15 years ago.
Formerly people did not know that the earth is round and that it moves around the sun.
While cleaning my room yesterday evening, I happened to find an old photograph of my mother.
My father used to drink till late at night.