思い出

Japanese
Kanji in this term
思 出
おも(い)
Grade: 2		 で
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

思 (おも)い (omoi, “thought”) + 出 (で) (de, “something coming out”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms
  • 思いで, 思出
  • 想いで, 想い出

Pronunciation

Noun

思い出 (hiragana おもいで, rōmaji omoide, historical hiragana おもひで)

  1. memories, recollections, reminiscence
    1086, Goshūi Wakashū (book 13, poem 763; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 56)
    あらざらむこの世 (よ)のほかの思 (おも)ひ出 (で)に今 (いま)ひとたびの逢 (あ)ふこともがな
    arazaran kono yo no hoka no omoide ni ima hitotabi no au koto mo gana
    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]
  2. such remembrances in the past being realized (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 223
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