昔: Once Upon A Time; Antiquity; Old TimesKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セキ、シャク
- Kun'yomi
- むかし
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 55 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セキ・シャク)
- 今昔こんじゃくpast and present
- 古昔こせきancient times
- 往昔おうせきancient times
- 昔年せきねんold times; antiquity
- 昔日せきじつold days
- 昔時せきじold times; former times
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 昔むかしolden days; former
- 昔話むかしばなしold tale; folk tale
- 一昔ひとむかしages; long time
- 大昔おおむかしgreat antiquity; old-fashioned
- 昔のままむかしのままthe way it was; the way it used be
- 昔風むかしふうold fashioned
- いまは昔いまはむかしonce upon a time; a long time ago
- その昔そのむかしa long time ago; in those days
- とうの昔とうのむかしa long time ago
- とくの昔とくのむかしa long time ago
- とっくの昔とっくのむかしa long time ago
- ひと昔ひとむかしages; long time
- ひと昔前ひとむかしまえlong ago; previous
- 一昔前ひとむかしまえlong ago; previous
- 今は昔いまはむかしonce upon a time; a long time ago
- 十年一昔じゅうねんひとむかしthe pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history
- 唐の昔とうのむかしa long time ago
- 姫昔艾ひめむかしよもぎhorseweed (Conyza canadensis); Canadian horseweed
- 姫昔蓬ひめむかしよもぎhorseweed (Conyza canadensis); Canadian horseweed
- 当の昔とうのむかしa long time ago
- 昔かたぎむかしかたぎold-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit
- 昔とった杵柄むかしとったきねづかskill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
- 昔ながらむかしながらthe same as it was long ago; unchanged
- 昔なじみむかしなじみold friend; familiar face
- 昔は昔今は今むかしはむかしいまはいまlet bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present
- 昔を想うむかしをおもうto recall the old days
- 昔を懐かしむむかしをなつかしむto view the past with nostalgia
- 昔人間むかしにんげんold-fashioned person; old-timer
- 昔兎むかしうさぎpaleolagine lagomorph (Paleolaginae spp., incl. the Amami rabbit and the red rock hares)
- 昔取った杵柄むかしとったきねづかskill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
- 昔堅気むかしかたぎold-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit
- 昔式むかししきold fashioned; in ancient style
- 昔昔むかしむかしlong ago; once upon a time
- 昔者むかしものold person; old-fashioned person
- 昔語りむかしがたりold story; reminiscence
- 昔馴染みむかしなじみold friend; familiar face
- 遠い昔とおいむかしremote past; far ago
- 遥か昔はるかむかしlong ago
Other readings
- 其の昔そのむかしa long time ago; in those days
- 昔々むかしむかしlong ago; once upon a time
- 昔気質むかしかたぎold-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit
- 昔沙蚕むかしごかいarchiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)
- 昔蜥蜴むかしとかげtuatara (primitive lizardlike reptile endemic to New Zealand)
- 昔蜻蛉むかしとんぼEpiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)
- 昔馴染むかしなじみold friend; familiar face
- 疾うの昔とうのむかしa long time ago
- 疾くの昔とくのむかしa long time ago
- 疾っくの昔とっくのむかしa long time ago
- 遠の昔とうのむかしa long time ago
Kanji that often appear with 昔
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