在りし日
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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在 | 日 |
あ Grade: 5 |
ひ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
在り (ari, “exist”, ren'yōkei of ある) + し (-shi, adnominal form of past tense auxiliary き (-ki), archaic) + 日 (hi, “day”). Literally, “the days that had been/existed”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- yore; the days of yore; a long time ago