思いきや

Japanese

Kanji in this term
思
おも Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おもいきや [òmóꜜìkìyà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞ikʲija̠]

Conjunction

思(おも)いきや • (omoikiya) ^{←おもひきや (omofikya)?}

1. (と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

   寝坊(ねぼう)したかと思(おも)いきやまだ夜中(よなか)の3時(さんじ)だった。

   Nebō shita ka to omoikiya mada yonaka no sanji datta.

   I thought I overslept, but it's still 3am.