retrospection

recollect the past

ancient times, a very long time ago

Informal form of 話 (hanashi).

continuative of 話す

(transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse / to speak (a language)

the past, old times / ancient

once (in the indeterminate past)

olden days; former

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