ジモティー
Japanese
editEtymology
editCompound of 地元 (jimoto, “hometown”) + English -ee.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Tokyo) ジモティー [jíꜜmòtìì] (Atamadaka – [1])
- (Tokyo) ジモティー [jìmóꜜtìì] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA(key): [d͡ʑimo̞tʲiː]
Noun
editジモティー • (jimotī) [from 2001][1]
- (slang) locals
- (slang) friend or acquaintance in one's hometown
- 2008 August 7, LTJ cycle, X[2]:
- そういや、終電とかで帰るとかなりの確率で中高同じだったジモティーと遭遇する。ちょっと嬉しい。
- Sō iya, shūden toka de kaeru to kanari no kakuritsu de chū-kō onaji datta jimotī to sōgū suru. Chotto ureshii.
- Now that you mention it, when I take the last train home and so on, I quite often run into my hometown friends who went to the same junior high and high school as me. It makes me a little happy.
- そういや、終電とかで帰るとかなりの確率で中高同じだったジモティーと遭遇する。ちょっと嬉しい。
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “ジモティー(じもてぃー)”, in 日本語俗語辞書 [Japanese Slang Dictionary][1] (in Japanese), archived from the original on 2023-04-24