Word Meaning とうの昔

とうのむかし tounomukashi

とうの昔 is read as とうのむかし (tounomukashi) and means a long time ago.

Meaning

English

a long time ago
long ago

Reading

Kana

とうのむかし

Romaji

tounomukashi

Writing Variants

遠の昔 とうのむかし tou no mukashi
疾うの昔 とうのむかし tounomukashi
当の昔 とうのむかし tou no mukashi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 149806 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

今昔

こんじゃく

past and present

昔

むかし

olden days

一昔

ひとむかし

an age (ago)

大昔

おおむかし

great antiquity

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

二昔

ふたむかし

way in the past

今は昔

いまはむかし

once upon a time

昔話

むかしばなし

reminiscence

昔風

むかしふう

old-fashioned

昔のまま

むかしのまま

the way it was

一昔前

ひとむかしまえ

long ago

今昔物語集

こんじゃくものがたりしゅう

Konjaku Monogatarishū (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period)

Example Sentences

こいつがそんな玉じゃないことなんてとうの昔に解っていたからさ。

That's because, you see, I've known he isn't that sort of person from a long time back.