Japanese symbol for “bygone”
過ぎし
すぎし
Romaji: sugishi
bygone (days); gone by; past
In Japanese, bygone is 過ぎし, read すぎし (sugishi).
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Meanings
- adj-pn bygone (days); gone by; past
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bygone”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 往にし | いにし inishi | past (times); bygone; olden |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過去 | かこ kako | the past; bygone days |
| 過ぎ | すぎ sugi | past; after |
| 過程 | かてい katei | process; course; mechanism |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 通過 | つうか tsuuka | passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit |
| 過剰 | かじょう kajou | excess; surplus; superabundance |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bygone”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.