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(おも)い (omoi, “thought”) + 出(で) (de, “something coming out”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おもいで [òmóídé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞ide̞]

Noun

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

a memory, a recollection, a 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)
a keepsake, a memento

See also

思(おも)い出(だ)す (omoidasu, “to remember, to recall”)

References

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