とし

See also: とじ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings

/to2si/ → /tosi/ → /toɕi/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *təsi. Originally referred to grain, particularly rice, and by extension, the year's harvest.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [tòshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɕi]

Noun

とし • (toshi) とし (tosi)?

  1. (obsolete) grain, particularly rice
  2. (obsolete) a grain harvest, a grain crop
  3. a year
  4. age
  5. (specifically) used to describe the age of someone who should not do things inappropriate for their age
    Synonym: いいとし (ii toshi)
    (とし)なので
    toshi nanode
    because one is no longer young
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of とし – see the following entries.
都市
[noun] city; town
杜詩
[noun] (poetry) poetry of Du Fu
妬視
[noun] (literary, uncommon) looking with envy
[verb] (literary, uncommon) to look enviously
徒死
[noun] dying in vain
[verb] to die in vain
(This term, とし, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as とし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とし.)

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
利し
鋭し
敏し
聆し
疾し
捷し

Adjective

とし • (toshi) -ku

  1. 利し, 鋭し: sharp
  2. 敏し, 聆し: smart, clever
  3. 疾し, 捷し: fast, quick
  4. 疾し, 鋭し: powerful, intense
Derived terms

Inflection

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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