かつて

Japanese
Alternative spellings
曾て
嘗て

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) か​つて [káꜜtsùtè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠t͡sɨᵝte̞]

Adverb

かつて • (katsute) 

  1. once, before, formerly, former
    私(わたし)はかつてアイスランドに住(す)んだことがある。
    Watashi wa katsute Aisurando ni sunda koto ga aru.
    I once lived in Iceland.
    かつてのよう。
    Katsute no yō.
    Like it once was.
    かつての友(とも)との再(さい)会(かい)。
    Katsute no tomo to no saikai.
    A reunion with someone who was once a friend.
    京(きょう)都(と)はかつて日(にっ)本(ぽん)の首(しゅ)都(と)でした。
    Kyōto wa katsute Nippon no shuto deshita.
    Kyoto was once Japan's capital.
  2. (with a negative verb) never

See also

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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