Vocab Info

N2 Expressions, Noun

とっくの(むかし)a long time ago

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Expressions, Noun

      1.

      a long, long time ago, very long ago

    All Forms

    とっくの昔 【とっくのむかし】疾っくの昔 【とっくのむかし】

    CommonUncommon

    Details

    • Pitch Accent

    • Anime Top 18,800

    Examples

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      とっくの(むかし)には、携帯(けいたい)電話(でんわ)()かったそうです。

      It seems that a long time ago, there were neither cell phones nor telephones. {a long time ago}

      • N2

      祖母(そぼ)祖父(そふ)結婚(けっこん)をしたのは、もうとっくの(むかし)(こと)だ。

      My grandmother's marriage to my grandfather is a thing of the distant past. {a long time ago}

      • N2

      あのアイドルは、(いま)人気(にんき)()いが、とっくの(むかし)(だい)スターだった。

      That idol is not popular now, but a long time ago, they were a big star. {a long time ago}

      • N2

      とっくの(むかし)飛行機(ひこうき)()かったので、(ふね)移動(いどう)するよりほかなかったらしい。

      It seems that a long time ago, since there were no airplanes, there was no other choice but to travel by ship. {a long time ago}

      • N2

      (ろく)(じゅっ)(さい)になった(いま)でもあんなにイケメンなら、とっくの(むかし)はモテモテだったに相違(そうい)ない。

      If he's still such a handsome man even now at sixty, there's no doubt that he must have been very popular back in the day. {a long time ago}

      • N2
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