"昔" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (むかし)), mukashi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. The muka portion derives from the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 向く (muku, “to face opposite to something”), implying “that which stands opposite from the present”. The shi portion is suffix し (shi) indicating direction, also found in words 縦し (tatashi, “the standing or vertical direction”), 横し (yokoshi, “the sideways or horizontal direction”). This appears to be a somewhat rare alternative form, more commonly encountered as さ (sa), and may be cognate with the nominalizing adjective ending さ (sa). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=むかし}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|未然形||incomplete form|tr=mizenkei}} 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”), {{m|ja|向く||to face opposite to something|tr=muku}} 向く (muku, “to face opposite to something”), {{m|ja|し|tr=shi}} し (shi), {{m|ja|縦し||the standing or vertical direction|tr=tatashi}} 縦し (tatashi, “the standing or vertical direction”), {{m|ja|横し||the sideways or horizontal direction|tr=yokoshi}} 横し (yokoshi, “the sideways or horizontal direction”), {{m|ja|さ|tr=sa}} さ (sa), {{m|ja|さ|tr=sa}} さ (sa) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|むかし}} 昔(むかし) • (mukashi)
  1. once (in the indeterminate past)
    Sense id: en-昔-ja-adv-gM4cmzrw

Character

  1. Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji, no-gloss

Noun

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (むかし)), mukashi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. The muka portion derives from the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 向く (muku, “to face opposite to something”), implying “that which stands opposite from the present”. The shi portion is suffix し (shi) indicating direction, also found in words 縦し (tatashi, “the standing or vertical direction”), 横し (yokoshi, “the sideways or horizontal direction”). This appears to be a somewhat rare alternative form, more commonly encountered as さ (sa), and may be cognate with the nominalizing adjective ending さ (sa). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=むかし}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|未然形||incomplete form|tr=mizenkei}} 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”), {{m|ja|向く||to face opposite to something|tr=muku}} 向く (muku, “to face opposite to something”), {{m|ja|し|tr=shi}} し (shi), {{m|ja|縦し||the standing or vertical direction|tr=tatashi}} 縦し (tatashi, “the standing or vertical direction”), {{m|ja|横し||the sideways or horizontal direction|tr=yokoshi}} 横し (yokoshi, “the sideways or horizontal direction”), {{m|ja|さ|tr=sa}} さ (sa), {{m|ja|さ|tr=sa}} さ (sa) Head templates: {{ja-noun|むかし}} 昔(むかし) • (mukashi)
  1. the past, old times Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-昔-ja-noun-T9FJ~cEt Disambiguation of Time: 35 0 65 0 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 24 4 4 2 3 7 9 5 3 2 4 0 21 0 2 1 4 2 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 94 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 0 87 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 0 92 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 0 88 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 0 92 2
  2. ancient
    Sense id: en-昔-ja-noun-Qd2jshE7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 昔昔 (mukashi mukashi) (ruby: (むかし), (むかし))

Download JSON data for 昔 meaning in Japanese (7.7kB)

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      "roman": "mukashi mukashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "昔",
          "むかし"
        ],
        [
          "昔",
          "むかし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "昔昔"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "むかし"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "未然形",
        "3": "",
        "4": "incomplete form",
        "tr": "mizenkei"
      },
      "expansion": "未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "向く",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to face opposite to something",
        "tr": "muku"
      },
      "expansion": "向く (muku, “to face opposite to something”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "し",
        "tr": "shi"
      },
      "expansion": "し (shi)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "縦し",
        "3": "",
        "4": "the standing or vertical direction",
        "tr": "tatashi"
      },
      "expansion": "縦し (tatashi, “the standing or vertical direction”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "横し",
        "3": "",
        "4": "the sideways or horizontal direction",
        "tr": "yokoshi"
      },
      "expansion": "横し (yokoshi, “the sideways or horizontal direction”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "さ",
        "tr": "sa"
      },
      "expansion": "さ (sa)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "さ",
        "tr": "sa"
      },
      "expansion": "さ (sa)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. The muka portion derives from the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) of verb 向く (muku, “to face opposite to something”), implying “that which stands opposite from the present”. The shi portion is suffix し (shi) indicating direction, also found in words 縦し (tatashi, “the standing or vertical direction”), 横し (yokoshi, “the sideways or horizontal direction”). This appears to be a somewhat rare alternative form, more commonly encountered as さ (sa), and may be cognate with the nominalizing adjective ending さ (sa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "昔",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "昔",
          "むかし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukashi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "むかし"
      },
      "expansion": "昔(むかし) • (mukashi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the past and the present",
          "roman": "mukashi to ima",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "昔",
              "むかし"
            ],
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "昔と今"
        },
        {
          "english": "my past self",
          "roman": "mukashi no jibun",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "昔",
              "むかし"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "昔の自分"
        },
        {
          "english": "a longtime friend (literally, “a friend since old times”)",
          "roman": "mukashi kara no tomodachi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "昔",
              "むかし"
            ],
            [
              "友達",
              "ともだち"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "昔からの友達"
        },
        {
          "english": "to return to the past",
          "roman": "mukashi ni modoru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "昔",
              "むかし"
            ],
            [
              "戻",
              "もど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "昔に戻る"
        },
        {
          "text": "むかし、式部大輔、左大弁かけて清原の王ありけり。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the past, old times"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "past",
          "past"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ancient people",
          "roman": "mukashi no hito",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "昔",
              "むかし"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "昔の人"
        },
        {
          "english": "That's ancient history.",
          "roman": "mō mukashi no hanashi da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "昔",
              "むかし"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "はなし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "もう昔の話だ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancient"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むかし"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "昔"
}
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "昔",
  "trace": ""
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