在りし日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
在 日
あ
Grade: 5 		ひ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

在(あ)り (ari, “exist”, ren'yōkei of ある) + し (-shi, adnominal form of past tense auxiliary き (-ki), archaic) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). Literally, “the days that had been/existed”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ありしひ [áꜜrìshìhì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾʲiɕiçi]

Noun

在(あ)りし日(ひ) • (arishi hi) 

  1. yore; the days of yore; a long time ago

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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