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🌏 Region(s): North (Hokkaido), Kanto (Ibaraki), Chubu (Toyama)

おもしい

omoshii

Definition

I-Adjective

  1. Interesting; amusing; strange; funny; curious; peculiar

Etymology

Cognate to Hokkaido, Ibaraki and Toyama おもしい omoshii; Niigata おもっしぇ omosshe; Toyama おもっしい omosshii; Kansai, Chubu and Chugoku おもろい omoroi; Tokushima おもっしょい omosshoi; Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Kagoshima おもしろか omoshiroka; Kagoshima おもして omoshite and おもしとか omoshitoka; Okinawa うむっさん umussan; Miyako んむっし nmusshi; Yaeyama むさは musaha; and standard Japanese おもしろい【面白い】 omoshiroi "interesting; entertaining; funny; curious; strange". Attested since the 6th century. Historically meaning "magnificent", "enjoyable", "interesting" and "strange". Origin unclear. Possibly a compound of おも【面】 omo "face; front; exterior; surface" and しろし【白し】 shiroshi "white; bright", with a semantic shift from "bright front [view]", to "magnificent [view]", to "enjoyable", to "interesting" and "amusing". Alternatively related to めずらしい【珍しい】 mezurashii "unusual; rare" (cf. Amami mïzïraa and Okinoerabu mijirashan "interesting").

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OrthographyForm
Kanaおもしい
Romanizationomoshii

意味:おもしろい【面白い】、へん【変】、かわった【変わった】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2022, November 13). おもしい : omoshii | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2772/omoshii/.