ジモティー

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 地(じ)元(もと) (jimoto, “hometown”) + English -ee.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ジ​モティー [jíꜜmòtìì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ジモ​ティー [jìmóꜜtìì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑimo̞tʲiː]

Noun

ジモティー • (jimotī)  [from 2001]

1. (slang) locals
2. (slang) friend or acquaintance in one's hometown
   • 2008 August 7, LTJ cycle, X‎^[2]:

     そういや、終(しゅう)電(でん)とかで帰(かえ)るとかなりの確(かく)率(りつ)で中(ちゅう)高(こう)同(おな)じだったジモティーと遭(そう)遇(ぐう)する。ちょっと嬉(うれ)しい。

     Sō iya, shūden toka de kaeru to kanari no kakuritsu de chū-kō onaji datta jimotī to sōgū suru. Chotto ureshii.

     Now that you mention it, when I take the last train home and so on, I quite often run into my hometown friends who went to the same junior high and high school as me. It makes me a little happy.

See also

• 地(じ)元(もと)民(みん) (jimotomin)