思い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
思
おも Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
想い意い (rare)

Etymology

/omopi/ > /omoɸi/ > /omowi/ > /omoi/.

The nominalized form of the verb 思う (omou). While not etymologically related, in the historical spelling, the final ひ was often associated with homophonous 火 (hi, “fire”), i.e. "emotions as hot as fire".

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おもい [òmóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞mo̞i]

Noun

思(おも)い • (omoi) ^{←おもひ (omofi)^?}

thought
feeling, emotion, sentiment

Synonyms

想(おも)い (omoi)

Verb

思(おも)い • (omoi) ^{←おもひ (omofi)^?}

stem or continuative form of 思う (omou) [godan]

Suffix

思(おも)い • (-omoi) ^{←おもひ (-omofi)^?}

considerate of; caring about
友達(ともだち)思(おも)い
tomodachi-omoi
caring about one's friends

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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