🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
んじ : nji | define meaning
nji
Pronunciation: [n̩d͡ʑi]
Definition
Particle
- Used to indicate the location or setting of an action, especially one that is remote in space or time. In; at; all the way (over there); all the way back in.
- っんまんじっんまんま【っんまんじ馬産ま】
qnma nji qnma nma
"Let's deliver the (newborn) horse right over there" - いくさあとぅんじ【戦後んじ】
ikusa atu nji
"after the war" - １９７１年んじ
1971 nin nji
"(all the way back) in 1971" - ○○ぬなかんじ【○○ぬ中んじ】
xx nu naka nji
"Within XX", "In the middle of XX" - ちゅーぬあちまいくまんじー？【今日ぬ集まい此間んじー？】
chuu nu achimai kuma nji'i?
"Is today's meeting [being held] here?"
- っんまんじっんまんま【っんまんじ馬産ま】
Etymology
From the conjunctive form of the verb いちゅん【行ちゅん】 ichun "to go".
Notes
Topicalized form: んじぇー njee.
Some speakers consider the particles んじ nji and をぅてぃ wuti to be fairly interchangeable.
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kana | んじ |
| Romanization | nji |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [n̩d͡ʑi] |
意味：で、に、において【に於いて】
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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, July 15). んじ : nji | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/448/nji/.