ancient times, a very long time ago

(derogatory) country bumpkin / (historical) in reference to the Edo period, short for 本百姓 (honbyakushō, “the hundred commoner families”, a class of farmers with specific rights and responsibilities)

to farm, to till the fields

(rare) See under Etymology 1

(rare) See under Etymology 1

(obsolete) See under Etymology 1

once (in the indeterminate past)

olden days; former

the past, old times / ancient

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