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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大おお昔むかし

oomukashi

the distant past

Example sentences

  1. 恐竜きょうりゅうは大昔おおむかしに絶滅ぜつめつした。

    Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そして、そのような大昔おおむかしの言葉ことばを解読かいどくする方法ほうほうもある。

    There is also a way to decipher such ancient languages.

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

  3. 大昔おおむかし、たいていの人々ひとびとは季節きせつの変化へんかに応おうじて移動いどうする集団しゅうだんの中なかで暮くらしていた。

    A long time ago, most people lived in groups that moved around as the seasons changed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 大昔

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 昔once upon a time; antiquityOnセキ・シャクKunむかし

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