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Japanese
Etymology
Literally, “now the past”.
Idiom
今は昔 • (ima wa mukashi)
- (archaic) used in the beginning of narratives or story literature: once upon a time, long ago
- c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari
- 今は昔、竹取の翁といふ者ありけり。
- Ima wa mukashi, Taketori no Okina to iu mono arikeri.
- Once upon a time, there was a man who is called Taketori no Okina .
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