Kanji
N3 8 strokes Grade 3 freq #1197

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

sun/day hi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

past and present
Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

the old days; the past
old tale; folk tale
an age (ago); a long time (ago)
ancient times; prehistoric times
old-fashioned; old-style
the way it was; the way it used be
old-fashioned person; old-timer
once upon a time; a long time ago
a long time ago; long ago
a long, long time ago; very long ago

Example sentences

He used to be a man of fortune.

He is better off than he used to be.

Sarah gets very bored listening to her grandparents rambling on about old times.

I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.