お休みなさい
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 休 |
| やす Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of 御 (o, honorific prefix) + 休み (yasumi, “resting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 休む yasumu, “to rest”) + なさい (nasai, polite imperative, from verb 為さる nasaru, an honorific replacement for する suru, “to do”).[1]
Interjection
お休みなさい (hiragana おやすみなさい, rōmaji oyasumi nasai)
- good night
- 竹久夢二, 《夜》
- 幹子は、寝床の中からお月様の方を見あげて「お月様おやすみなさい」
そう言って枕に頭をつけて、お月様を見ながら、お母様の子守唄をききました。- Mikiko wa, nedoko no naka kara o-tsuki-sama no hō o miagete “o-tsuki-sama oyasumi nasai”
Sō itte makura ni atama o tsukete, o-tsuki-sama o minagara, o-kā-sama no komoriuta o kikimashita. - Mikiko looked at the moon from her bed. "Goodnight, moon," Mikiko said, and rested her head on her pillow, listening to her mother's lullaby while gazing at the moon.
- Mikiko wa, nedoko no naka kara o-tsuki-sama no hō o miagete “o-tsuki-sama oyasumi nasai”
- 幹子は、寝床の中からお月様の方を見あげて「お月様おやすみなさい」
- 竹久夢二, 《夜》
See also
- お休み (oyasumi): abbreviation of お休みなさい
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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