- hitomukashi an age (ago), a long time (ago), a decade (ago)
Used in formal or literary contexts to refer to a period about ten years ago, or a vague long time ago, often in phrases like '一昔前'.
一昔前は、この辺りは何もなかった。
Hitomukashi mae wa, kono atari wa nani mo nakatta.
An age ago, there was nothing around here.
一昔の話のようだ。
Hitomukashi no hanashi no yō da.
It seems like a story from long ago.
⚖️ Commonly confused with '十年' (jūnen, ten years), but '一昔' is vaguer and often used rhetorically.
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