いにしえ

Japanese

Etymology
Alternative spellings
古
往にしへ
去にしへ

/inisipe1/ > /inisiɸe/ > /inisiwe/ > /inisie/. Literally "that which has passed". From the verb 往ぬ (inu, “pass”) in adverbial form ini, the past marker き (ki) in attributive form si, and へ (pe, “time, direction”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いにしえ [ìníshíé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iɲ̟iɕie̞]

Noun

いにしえ • (inishie) ←いにしへ (inisife)?

  1. the past
  2. ancient times

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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