昔ながら (むかしながら) — traditional, old-fashioned, time-honored
昔ながら
traditional
Frequency #8839
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 3
4 characters
no-adjective
adverb
mukashinagara
むかしながら
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.
むかしながら[4] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- traditional
- old-fashioned
- time-honored
Adjective forms
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