Japanese

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Alternative spellings
曾て
嘗て

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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かつて (katsute

  1. once, before, formerly, former
    (わたし)かつてアイスランドに()んだことがある。
    Watashi wa katsute Aisurando ni sunda koto ga aru.
    I once lived in Iceland.
    かつてのよう。
    Katsute no yō.
    Like it once was.
    かつて(とも)との(さい)(かい)
    Katsute no tomo to no saikai.
    A reunion with someone who was once a friend.
    (きょう)()かつて(にっ)(ぽん)(しゅ)()でした。
    Kyōto wa katsute Nippon no shuto deshita.
    Kyoto was once Japan's capital.
  2. (with a negative verb) never

See also

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN