요사이

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 요ᄉᆞ이 (yoso.i). First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 요ᄉᆞᅀᅵ (Yale: yosozi), a compound of 요 (yo, “this”) + ᄉᆞᅀᅵ (sozi, “space between”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yosai
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yosai
McCune–Reischauer?yosai
Yale Romanization?yosai

Adverb

요사이 • (yosai)

  1. recently
    • after 1795, 李洙 (I Su) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 7, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Junggan Nogeoldae Eonhae) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 1, page 15:
      요ᄉᆞ이 아ᄂᆞᆫ 사ᄅᆞᆷ이 이셔 와 니ᄅᆞ되 / ᄆᆞᆯ 갑-시 요ᄉᆞ이 죠하
      ywosoi anon salom-i isye wa nilotwoy / mol kaps-i ywosoi cywoha
      Recently a man I know has come and said, / the price of horses has been good recently

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