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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

かつて

N1
katsute
  1. once
  2. ever
adverbの-adjective

Also written 嘗て

Chinese meanings

曾经;以前

Examples

  • 彼女はかつてその問題に直面した。
    She once faced that problem.
    她曾经面临那个问题。
  • ここにかつて住すんでいたのですか。
    Did you use to live here?
    你以前住在这里吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('bb98750fc8'); // かつて
{
  "id": "bb98750fc8",
  "word": "かつて",
  "reading": "かつて",
  "romaji": "katsute",
  "meanings": [
    "once",
    "ever"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adj-no"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1581210,
  "other_forms": [
    "嘗て"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女はかつてその問題に直面した。",
      "en": "She once faced that problem."
    },
    {
      "ja": "ここにかつて住んでいたのですか。",
      "furigana": "ここにかつて{住|す}んでいたのですか。",
      "en": "Did you use to live here?",
      "tatoeba_id": 224491
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "61047232c1dc37145ca2d7412d3fd96753fed44a24991c0feaad357b8d5f74ad",
    "meanings": [
      "曾经",
      "以前"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女はかつてその問題に直面した。",
        "zh": "她曾经面临那个问题。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "ここにかつて住んでいたのですか。",
        "zh": "你以前住在这里吗?"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/bb98750fc8",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1581210; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "5235bebd91cfd46172cf13c7b6e3510659215a264870e266a5e4f03724236a41",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}