mud

Alternative spelling of 泥 (hiji): mud

Alternative spelling of 泥 (uki): a marshland, swamp

ancient times, a very long time ago

once (in the indeterminate past)

the past, old times / ancient

olden days; former

a bird / a chicken / fowl or chicken meat

to know, be aware of / to learn, acquire, / to be acquainted with, to know (someone) / (colloquial, in the negative) to care in the least about, to be concerned with,

stem or continuative form of 知る (shiru) [godan]