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

Noun

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

  1. 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)
  2. a keepsake, memento

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 223
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