今昔: the past and the present

a tale; a story

talk about, tell, narrate / recite / show that there was something

begin; start; initiate; originate

conjunctive form of 始める (hajimeru) [ichidan]

Alternative spelling of 初めて

to start doing / to begin

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend