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JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

かつて

katsute

once, formerly

Example sentences

  1. かつてはここに橋はしがあった。

    There used to be a bridge here.

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  2. かつて大阪おおさかに住すんでいた。

    Once I lived in Osaka.

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  3. 彼かれは今いまやかつての彼かれではない。

    He is not what he used to be.

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