かつて

曽て都て

[katsute]

Meanings

1.AdverbNo-adj

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-

2.AdverbNo-adj

never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

かつてここには大きな城があったらしい。

Apparently there was once a large castle here.

かつて経験したことのない事態に直面した。

I faced a situation I had never experienced before.

彼はかつてオリンピック選手だったそうだ。

I heard he was once an Olympic athlete.