在りし日

Japanese
Kanji in this term
在 日
あ
Grade: 5		 ひ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

在(あ)り (ari, “exist”, ren'yōkei of ある) + し (-shi, adnominal form of past tense auxiliary き (-ki), archaic) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). Literally, “the days that had been/existed”.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あ​りしひ [áꜜrìshìhì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾʲiɕiçi]

Noun

在(あ)りし日(ひ) • (arishihi) 

  1. yore; the days of yore; a long time ago

Synonyms

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