アンニュイ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ennui.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) アンニュイ [àńnyúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ã̠ɲ̟ːɨi]

Noun

アンニュイ • (annyui)

ennui
- 1923, Ōsugi Sakae, “Vagabondo tamashii [Vagabond spirit]”, in Seigi o motomeru kokoro [A heart that cries for justice], page 354:
  
  アンニュイは教(きょう)育(いく)や奢(しゃ)侈(し)の疲(つか)れからばかり來(く)るものではない。ロシアの田舎(いなか)には休(きゅう)業(ぎょう)の日(ひ)が多(おお)い。
  Annyui wa kyōiku ya shashi no tsukare kara bakari kuru mono de wa nai. Roshia no inaka ni wa kyūgyō no hi ga ōi.
  This ennui comes not only from fatigue with education or extravagance. There are many days off in the Russian countryside.

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References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN