過去 (かこ) — the past

過か去こ the past

Frequency #417 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 5 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. no-adjective adverb noun

kako

かこ

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. かこ[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

the past

Explained in simple Japanese

もうすぎてしまったとき。

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Usage examples

日常にちじょうを知しることは、過去かこの人ひとを自分じぶんたちと同おなじ生活者せいかつしゃとして考かんがえる助たすけになります。

Nichijou o shiru koto wa, kako no hito o jibuntachi to onaji seikatsusha to shite kangaeru tasuke ni narimasu.

Learning about everyday life helps us see people of the past as people going about their lives, just like us.

暮らしから読む、日本の歴史 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第4章　江戸の町を歩いてみる

Adjective forms

Non-past covers present and future. Expand a form to see its plain, polite, affirmative and negative versions, where available. Some forms have multiple variants.

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