Word Meaning 遥か昔

はるかむかし haru ka mukashi

遥か昔 is read as はるかむかし (haru ka mukashi) and means long ago.

Meaning

English

  1. long ago

Reading

Kana

はるかむかし

Romaji

haru ka mukashi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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遥か

はるか

long ago

今昔

こんせき

past and present

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

逍遥

しょうよう

ramble

Example Sentences

1

はるかむかし、このあたりにしろがあった。

Long ago, there was a castle around here.