思い出

Japanese

Kanji in this term
思	出
おも(い) Grade: 2	で Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

思(おも)い (omoi, “thought”) + 出(で) (de, “something coming out”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

• 思いで, 思出
• 想いで, 想い出

Noun

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

1. memories, recollections, 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 mo gana

   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.

2. such remembrances in the past being realized (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Synonyms

• (memories): 記(き)憶(おく) (kioku)
• (recollections, reminiscence): 追憶(ついおく) (tsuioku)
• (recollections, reminiscence): 追想(ついそう) (tsuisō)