こないだ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
此間

Etymology

/kono aida//konaida/

Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida, recently, the other day).[1][2][3][4]

First cited in 1563.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ないだ [kònáídáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[3][4] when used as a noun, with a following particle
  • (Tokyo) ないだ [kònáídá] (Heiban – [0])[3] when used adverbially, without a particle
  • IPA(key): [ko̞na̠ida̠]

Adverb

こないだ • (konaida) こないだ (konaida)?

  1. [from 1563] Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida).: the other day, a recent time

Noun

こないだ • (konaida) こなひだ (konafida)?

  1. [from 1563] Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida).: the other day, a recent time
    こないだのあれどうした?
    Konaida no are dō shita?
    How did that thing from the other day turn out?

References

  1. 此間”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 此間”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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