Illustration: A visitor arrives at a friend's apartment wearing a party hat and carrying a wrapped gift. Inside, the celebration has clearly been over for some time: limp balloons lie bundled beside a recycling bag, flowers droop in their vase, and washed party dishes are dry and stacked away.

とっくに

tokkuni

long ago, long since

Example sentences

もうとっくに寝ねる時間じかんだ。
It is high time we went to bed.
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とっくに彼かれはそれに気きづいていた。
He was already aware of it.
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学校がっこうへ走はしって行いったがベルはとっくに鳴なっていた。
I ran to school, but the bell had already rung.
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