お年玉
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 年 | 玉 |
| とし Grade: 1 |
たま > だま Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 御年玉 |
Etymology
From 御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 年 (toshi, “year”) + 玉 (tama, “ball; jewel”). Perhaps from the practice of offering balls of 餅 (mochi) to the gods in New Year.[1]
Noun
お年玉 • (o-toshidama)
- a red envelope
- 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “宇宙からのおとし玉 [An Outta-the-Ballue Falltune]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 10:
- かわったなあ、ミッちゃんも…………。手をつないで学校へかよったころもあったのに……。なにもかもかわっていくような気がする。お正月さえも。たのしいことがいっぱいあったような気がするなあ。すごろく、トランプ、たこあげ、お年玉…。
- Kawatta nā, Mitchan mo…………. Te o tsunaide gakkō e kayotta koro mo atta no ni……. Nani mo ka mo kawatteiku yō na ki ga suru. O-shōgatsu sae mo. Tanoshii koto ga ippai atta yō na ki ga suru nā. Sugoroku, toranpu, takoage, o-toshidama….
- Mitchan’s changed, too…. To think we used to go to school and back home, hand in hand…. It feels like everything’s changed now. Even New Year itself. There used to be a lot fun things to do. Playing sugoroku or cards, flying kites, collecting fortune money….
- かわったなあ、ミッちゃんも…………。手をつないで学校へかよったころもあったのに……。なにもかもかわっていくような気がする。お正月さえも。たのしいことがいっぱいあったような気がするなあ。すごろく、トランプ、たこあげ、お年玉…。
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 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
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