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だいやめ【疲い止め】

daiyame

Definition

Noun

  1. An evening drink (taken especially on the first day of the month); a drink to relieve fatigue

Etymology

Cognate to Nagasaki and Kumamoto だりやみ dariyami; Kagawa and Miyazaki だれやみ dareyami; Miyazaki だりやめ dariyame; and Kagoshima だいやめ daiyame "evening drink (esp. on the first day of the month)". Ultimately derived from だれ【疲れ】 dare "fatigue", the nominal form of だれる【疲れる】 dareru "to be tired"; and  やめ【止め】 yame "stop", the nominal form of やめる【止める】 yameru "to stop; to cease". Literally meaning "something to stop fatigue".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji疲い止め
Kanaだいやめ
Romanizationdaiyame

意味:一日の疲れを癒す晩酌

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). だいやめ【疲い止め】 : daiyame | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, December 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/3039/daiyame/.