お大事に

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

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From (o, honorific marker) + (だい)() (daiji, important) + (ni, particle for direction); shortened from expressions such as (だい)()になさってください (o daiji ni nasatte kudasai, Please take care of yourself).

Interjection

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(だい)() (odaiji ni

  1. get well soon, take care of yourself
    (からだ)(だい)()
    Okarada o odaiji ni.
    Take (good) care of yourself.

Usage notes

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  • Normally used in the -honorific form.

See also

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Verb

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(だい)()する (odaiji ni surutransitive suru (stem (だい)() (odaiji ni shi), past (だい)()した (odaiji ni shita))

  1. (rare) honorific form of 大事に