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35 results for かつて

Top matchCommonJLPT N1

  1. Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-

    Usually written using kana alone

    一般に日本人は、自分たちがかつてより暮らし向きがよくなったと考えている。
    The Japanese at large consider themselves better off than they used to be.

  2. never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

    Usually written using kana aloneused with neg. verb

Also written 曽て【かつて】、都て【かつて】

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More words

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嘗てないかつてない

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)unprecedented; never seen before

勝つるかつる

Ichidan verb, Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verbto win

Kanji

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曽formerly, once11 strokes · Jōyō

Sentences

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ジンバブエはかつてイギリスの植民地だった。

Zimbabwe was once a colony of Britain.

Break it down Tatoeba

かつてサルタンが今日のトルコを統治していた。

Once the Sultan ruled over what today is Turkey.

Break it down Tatoeba

ナイジェリアはかつてイギリスの植民地であった。

At one time Nigeria was a British colony.

Break it down Tatoeba

Names

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佳津照かつてる

Katsuteru

Unclassified name
克輝かつてる

Katsuteru

Unclassified name
克晃かつてる

Katsuteru

Unclassified name