こないだ

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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

Adverb

こないだ (konaidaこないだ (konaida)?

  1. 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. 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. 1.0 1.1 此間”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 此間”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN