お八つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八
や Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
御八御八つおやつ

Etymology

Compound of お (o, honorific prefix) +‎ 八 (ya, “eight”) +‎ つ (tsu, nominalizing suffix).[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1688.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おやつ [òyáꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

お八(や)つ • (oyatsu)

[from 1688] (historical) in the old timekeeping system, the period of roughly 2:00 until 4:00, both AM and PM
[from 1703] (by extension) a snack eaten at around 3:00 pm
Synonym: お三時 (o-sanji)
(more generally) a snack between meals

See also

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
2003, 新和英大辞典 (New Japanese-English Dictionary), Fifth Edition, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN
1998, ハイブリッド新辞林 (Hybrid Shinjirin), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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