昔

Vocabulary (12)

• 昔蜻蛉

  むかしとんぼ

  Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)

• 往昔

  おうせき

  ancient times

• 古昔

  こせき

  ancient times

• 昔沙蚕

  むかしごかい

  archiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)

• 遥か昔

  はるかむかし

  long ago

• 昔日

  せきじつ

  old days

• 昔兎

  むかしうさぎ

  paleolagine lagomorph (Paleolaginae spp., incl. the Amami rabbit and the red rock hares)

• 今昔

  こんじゃく

  past and present

• 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

• 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

• 昔蜥蜴

  むかしとかげ

  tuatara (primitive lizardlike reptile endemic to New Zealand)