Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
思いで
思出
想いで
想い出

Etymology edit

Compound of 思い (omoi, thought) +‎ (de, something coming out). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(おも)() (omoideおもひで (omofide)?

  1. a memory, recollection, reminiscence
    • 1086, Goshūi Wakashū (book 13, poem 763; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 56)
      あらざらむこの()ほか(おも)()(いま)ひとたび()ふこともがな
      arazaran kono yo no hoka no omoide ni ima hitotabi no au koto mogana
      In last remembrance of the world I soon must leave to return no more, this is what I most desire: one final meeting with you.[3]
    Synonyms: 記憶 (kioku), 追憶 (tsuioku), 追想 (tsuisō)
  2. a keepsake, memento

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 223