Illustration: While clearing an apartment cupboard, an adult discovers a framed photograph of their younger self enthusiastically roller-skating with a group of friends. In the photograph, everyone wears skates and the adult has a noticeably different haircut.

ひところ

hitokoro

once, some time ago

Example sentences

彼かれはひところの元気げんきがない。
He isn’t as energetic as he once was.
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彼かれはひところほどの元気げんきが無ない。
He isn’t as energetic as he once was.
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彼女かのじょはひところほど元気げんきがなくなった。
She isn’t as energetic as she once was.
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