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遠い昔

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 遠い昔.

Dictionary

Entry

遠い昔とおいむかしNoun~の Adj.ExpressionFreq #14404
1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

Examples
話は遠い昔に始まる。
The story begins far in the past.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

distant, far

12 strokesFrequency 887JLPT N3Grade 2

On

エンオン

Kun

とお.い

Nanori

おにどお

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

8 strokesFrequency 1,197JLPT N2Grade 3

On

セキシャク

Kun

むかし

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