思い出

Japanese

Kanji in this term
思	出
おも Grade: 2	で Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
思いで思出想いで想い出

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おもいで [òmóídé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞ide̞]

Noun

思(おも)い出(で) • (omoide) ^{←おもひで (omofide)^?}

a memory, recollection, 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 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)
a keepsake, memento

See also

思(おも)い出(だ)す (omoidasu, “to remember, recall”)

References

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

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