Entry
  1. Noun

    long ago; previous; of a former age

    一昔前だったら、駅や、レストランや、病院の待合室でタバコに火をつけるのをためらう人はいなかっただろう。
    At one time, people would not have hesitated to light up a cigarette in stations, restaurants, or hospital waiting rooms.

Also written ひと昔前【ひとむかしまえ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, one radical (no.1)

Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
On
イチイツ
Strokes
1
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
2 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-1-4SKIP code
0a1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1000.0Four corner code
3072deroo
4e00Unicode hex code
1-16-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1New Nelson (John Haig)
3341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4148Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1Morohashi
1A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1sakade
1Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1henshall3
1Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1crowley
1Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

once upon a time, antiquity, old times

Kun
むかし
On
セキシャク
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1197 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-4-4SKIP code
3k5.28The Kanji Dictionary
4460.1Four corner code
1978deroo
6614Unicode hex code
1-32-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2108Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2433New Nelson (John Haig)
2432New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3086Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1574Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2153Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1184Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1268Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1200A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
699Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
988Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13816Morohashi
1481A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
764Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
778Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
598Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
346henshall3
306Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
428Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
970Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1192Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi2, xi1Pinyin reading
seog, chagKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

in front, before

Kun
まえ-まえ
On
ゼン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
27 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

さきさとまい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-6, 2-2-7SKIP code
2o7.3The Kanji Dictionary
8022.1Four corner code
943deroo
524dUnicode hex code
1-33-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
595Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
490New Nelson (John Haig)
2266New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2819Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
290Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
38A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
921Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
139Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2011XMorohashi
159A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
47Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102sakade
23Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
177henshall3
182Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
53crowley
29Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
196Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
296Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qian2Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level