おいおい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Reduplication of おい.

Pronunciation

Interjection

おいおい • (oioiおいおい (oioi)?

  1. hey (used to get attention)

Etymology 2

    Alternative spellings
    追い追い
    追々
    追追

    Reduplication of 追い.

    Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) いおい [òíóí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [o̞io̞i]

    Adverb

    おいおい • (oioiおひおひ (ofiofi)?

    1. bit by bit, gradually
      • (おい)(おい)ゆるりと(はな)すつもりだが、
        oioi yururi to hanasu tsumori da ga,
        and saying that he would acquaint me particularly with the school by-and-by,
    2. after a while, in time

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN