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なかむかし【中昔】

nakamukashi

Definition

Noun

  1. (Archaic) Middle Ages; Late Middle Ages; medieval times

Etymology

Derived from なか【中】 naka "middle" and むかし【昔】 mukashi "former times". First translated as "Middle ages" by James Curtis Hepburn in A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary (1872), page 348.

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Kanji中昔
Kanaなかむかし
Romanizationnakamukashi

意味:なかむかし【中昔】、とおくないむかし【遠くない昔】、ちゅうこ【中古】、ちゅうせい【中世】、ちゅうせいこうき【中世後期】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, October 23). なかむかし【中昔】 : nakamukashi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 20, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2701/nakamukashi/.