今は昔
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 今 | 昔 |
| いま Grade: 2 |
むかし Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “now [in] the past”.
Idiom[edit]
- (archaic) used in the beginning of narratives or story literature: once upon a time, long ago
- c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari
- 今は昔、竹取の翁といふ者ありけり。
- Ima wa mukashi, Taketori no Okina to iu mono arikeri.
- Once upon a time, there was a man who is called Taketori no Okina [old man who harvests bamboo].
- 今は昔、竹取の翁といふ者ありけり。
- c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari
Synonyms[edit]
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- Japanese terms spelled with 今 read as いま
- Japanese terms spelled with 昔 read as むかし
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese idioms
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms with archaic senses
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