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このあいだ

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
此の間
この間

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compound of 此の (kono, “this”) +‎ 間 (aida, “interval, span of time”); literally, "this interval, this time [that has just passed]".[1][2][3][4]

First cited in the 太平記 (Taiheiki) of the late 1300s.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) このあいだ​ [kònó áídáꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[3][4] when used as a noun, with a following particle
  • (Tokyo) このあいだ [kònó áídá] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5] when used as an adverb, without a following particle
  • IPA(key): [ko̞no̞ a̠ida̠]

Adverb edit

このあいだ • (kono aida) ←このあひだ (kono afida)?

  1. [from late 1300s] the other day, lately, recently, during this period, not too long ago
    この間(あいだ)、日(に)本(ほん)経(けい)済(ざい)は全(まった)く異(こと)なった状(じょう)況(きょう)にありました。
    Kono aida, Nihon keizai wa mattaku kotonatta jōkyō ni arimashita.
    During this time, Japan's economy found itself in a completely different situation.

Noun edit

このあいだ • (konoaida) ←このあひだ (konoafida)?

  1. [from late 1300s] the other day, a recent time
    この間(あいだ)は青(あお)山(やま)公(こう)園(えん)に行(い)った。
    Kono aida wa Aoyama Kōen ni itta.
    The other day, we went to Aoyama Park.

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “此間”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ “此の間”, in デジタル大辞泉‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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