(obsolete) Short for ベーカスフィルド市 (Bēkasufirudo-shi, “Bakersfield (a city in California, United States)”). / (obsolete) Short for ベルビュー市 (Berubyū-shi, “Bellevue (a city in Washington, United States)”).

city

The katakana syllable ベ (be). Its equivalent in hiragana is べ (be).

to live in, to inhabit, to abide at, to dwell at

ancient times, a very long time ago

the past, old times / ancient

once (in the indeterminate past)

olden days; former

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

a market, a marketplace / a place where a lot of people gather / (less commonly) a town, a city