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
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
4 characters
no-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-no, adv)
mukashinagara
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.
Meanings
- traditional
- old-fashioned
- time-honored