こないだ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
此間

Etymology

/kono aida/ → /konaida/

Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida, “recently, the other day”).[1][2][3][4]

First cited in 1563.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こないだ​ [kònáídáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[3][4] when used as a noun, with a following particle
  • (Tokyo) こないだ [kònáídá] (Heiban – [0])[3] when used adverbially, without a particle
  • IPA(key): [ko̞na̠ida̠]

Adverb

こないだ • (konaida) ←こないだ (konaida)?

  1. [from 1563] Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida).: the other day, a recent time

Noun

こないだ • (konaida) ←こなひだ (konafida)?

  1. [from 1563] Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida).: the other day, a recent time
    こないだのあれどうした?
    Konaida no are dō shita?
    How did that thing from the other day turn out?

References

  1. “此間”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “此間”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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