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けり

suffix

(Classical Japanese) indicating past tense: -ed / (Classical Japanese) indicating the speaker has just realized something

花が咲けり。

The flowers have bloomed.

意味（1）

(Classical Japanese) indicating past tense: -ed

c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari 今(いま)は昔(むかし)竹(たけ)取(とり)の翁(おきな)といふものありけり

ima wa mukashi taketori no okina to iu mono arikeriLong ago there was an old man who cut bamboo.

意味（2）

(Classical Japanese) indicating the speaker has just realized something

ふるさととなりにし奈(な)良(ら)の都(みやこ)にも色(いろ)はかはらず花(はな)は咲(さ)きけり

furusato to narinishi Nara no miyako ni mo iro wa kawarazu hana wa sakikeriEven in the capital of Nara, now an older town, the flowers bloomed just as colorfully, didn't they.