way above ずっと上に way ahead ずっと先に way back はるかにさかのぼって、ずっと昔 (リーダーズ英和辞典第2版)
I suddenly realized [It occurred to me that] it was way past
the time I was supposed to have left. ふと気がつくと、出かける時間はとっくに過ぎていた。
The devastating death toll in the Asian tsunami skewed the official casualty figures, pushing the 2004 total way past
the recent average of 67,000. (Tsunami relief effort 'chaotic':BBC News )