内心

See also: 內心

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 内心 – see 內心 (“heart; innermost being; incenter”).
(This term is the simplified form of 內心).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
内 心
ない
Grade: 2 		しん
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
內心 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ないしん [nàíshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠iɕĩɴ]

Noun

内(ない)心(しん) • (naishin) 

  1. inner thoughts; real intentions
  2. (geometry) an incenter

Adverb

内(ない)心(しん) • (naishin) 

  1. inwardly; secretly (feeling, thinking something)
    • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 34, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
      こっちでいくら思(おも)っても、向(むこ)うが内心(ないしん)他(ほか)の人(ひと)に愛(あい)の眼(まなこ)を注(そそ)いでいるならば、私(わたくし)はそんな女(おんな)といっしょになるのは厭(いや)なのです。
      Kotchi de ikura omotte mo, mukō ga naishin hoka no hito ni ai no manako o sosoide iru naraba, watakushi wa sonna onna to issho ni naru no wa iya na no desu.
      No matter how much I may feel the way I do, if she secretly holds an affectionate gaze for someone else, I cannot be with such a woman.

References

  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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