むかし
 
 
きね
づか

expression, noun

Idiomatic expression.
  1. skill learned in one's former days, using one's experience from the past.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
むかし
 
 
きね
づか
昔取った杵柄 むかしとったきねづか
むかし
 
 
 
きね
づか
昔とった杵柄 むかしとったきねづか

Contained Kanji Breakdown

once upon a time, antiquity, old times
むかし セキ シャク (3rd, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
take, fetch, take up
と.る シュ とり (3rd, N3)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
wooden pestle
きね ショ き (Kentei Pre-1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM
ゴ うま (2nd, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
design, pattern, build
がら から え (7th, N1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
third class, 3rd, 3rd calendar sign
ひのえ ヘイ (9th, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
inside, within, between
ナイ うち ダイ (2nd, N3)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)