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  [むかし]    meaning:  past  rank: 1
☆ インターネットかったのはそう昔のことではない ⇨ It was not that long ago when there was no Internet
☆ 昔にはかったこともかったこともある ⇨ The old days had good things and also bad things
☆ 昔のことはれよう ⇨ Let’s forget what happened in the past
☆ 昔の人達かった ⇨ People in the past were tough

  [むかし]  [昔々]    meaning:  past  rank: 1
☆ 昔々、あるにおさんとおさんが住んでいました (むかしむかし) ⇨ Once upon a time, a grandpa and a grandpa were living somewhere  (☛ A common phrase in stories for children)


More examples:
  • 昔のしい農村では赤ん坊間引くことは一般的だった ⇨ It used to be common to cull babies in poor farming communities in the past
  • は昔は不良だった ⇨ He used to be a young delinquent, criminal
  • その建物には昔の書類収蔵されている ⇨ Old documents are stored in that building
  • は昔は父親とよくぶつかった ⇨ He often clashed with his father when he was young
  • 京都にはでも昔の名残残っている ⇨ Kyoto today still has vestiges of the old times
  • が昔オリンピック出場したというのは本当だ ⇨ It is true that he participated in the Olympics before
  • 彼女は昔裏ビデオていた ⇨ She used to star in illegal porn videos
  • は昔の貴族家系だ ⇨ He is from a former aristocrat family
  • 昔はよく野球たもんだ ⇨ I used to watch many baseball games
  • はすっかり成長して昔のような無責任行動めるようになった ⇨ He has really matured and irresponsible behaviors in the past have disappeared
  • 大昔の人達はどうやって虫歯いでいたのだろう? ⇨ How did ancient people avoid dental cavities?
  • 昔は女性スポーツをすると「に」とられた ⇨ In the past when a woman plays sports, she was jeered “you’re just a woman”
  • このは昔は遊郭だった ⇨ This area used to be a red-light district
  • 昔は混血児差別けた ⇨ Mixed-blooded children would be discriminated in the past
  • ドイツは昔は東欧通用した ⇨ German was widely used in Eastern Europe in the past