Illustration: Inside a long-established tofu shop, a young adult in an apron presses tofu in a wooden mold while an older relative checks the cloth lining beside them. On the wall, an unlettered old photograph shows an earlier generation using the same distinctive mold and workbench.

JLPT N2no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

昔むかしながら

mukashinagara

traditional, as in the past

Example sentences

  1. 街道沿かいどうぞいには昔むかしながらの民家みんかも多おおく残のこっている。

    Various old houses can be seen along the road.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 駅周辺えきしゅうへんには昔むかしながらの茶屋ちゃやが数軒すうけんあり、ニシンそばや猪肉いのししにくなど京都きょうとらしい食事しょくじが出来できる。

    In the area around the station there are several traditional-style restaurants, and you can enjoy nostalgic Kyoto dishes such as "buckwheat noodle with herring" and "wild boar meat."

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 一方いっぽうで、昔むかしながらの料理店りょうりてんでは冬ふゆのみ、ふぐ料理りょうりを扱あつかうことにこだわりを持もつ所ところも少すくなくない。

    Meanwhile, a number of old-style restaurants still stick to serving fugu dishes only in winter.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 昔

  • 昔once upon a time; antiquityOnセキ・シャクKunむかし

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