このあいだ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
此の間
この間

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 此の (kono, “this”) +‎ 間 (aida, “interval, span of time”); literally, "this interval, this time ".

First cited in the 太平記 (Taiheiki) of the late 1300s.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) このあいだ (Odaka – ) when used as a noun, with a following particle
  • (Tokyo) このあいだ (Heiban – ) when used as an adverb, without a following particle
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Adverb

このあいだ • (kono aida) ←このあひだ (kono afida)?

  1. the other day, lately, recently, during this period, not too long ago
    この間(あいだ)、日(に)本(ほん)経(けい)済(ざい)は全(まった)く異(こと)なった状(じょう)況(きょう)にありました。
    Kono aida, Nihon keizai wa mattaku kotonatta jōkyō ni arimashita.
    During this time, Japan's economy found itself in a completely different situation.

Noun

このあいだ • (konoaida) ←このあひだ (konoafida)?

  1. the other day, a recent time
    この間(あいだ)は青(あお)山(やま)公(こう)園(えん)に行(い)った。
    Kono aida wa Aoyama Kōen ni itta.
    The other day, we went to Aoyama Park.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “此間”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “此の間”, in デジタル大辞泉 ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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