Japanese

Adjective

同じ ‎(hiragana おなじ, romaji onaji)

1. same
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4073)

     都奇見礼婆 於奈自久尓奈里 夜麻許曽婆 伎美我安多里乎 敝太弖多里家礼

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4076)

     安之比奇能 夜麻波奈久毛我 都奇見礼婆 於奈自伎佐刀乎 許己呂敝太底都

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おなじ [ònájí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [õ̞na̠d͡ʑi]

There is also a similar colloquial pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おんなじ [òńnájí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [õ̞nna̠d͡ʑi]

Adjective

同じ ‎(hiragana おやじ, romaji oyaji)

1. (archaic) same
   • 720: Nihon Shoki

     多致播那播 於能我曳多曳多 那例々騰母 陁麻爾農矩騰岐 於野兒弘儞農倶

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3464)

     比登其登乃 之氣吉尓余里弖 麻乎其母能 於夜自麻久良波 和波麻可自夜毛

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 17, poem 3978)

     妹毛吾毛 許己呂波於夜自 多具敝礼登 伊夜奈都可之久 相見婆 登許波都波奈尓 情具之 眼具之毛奈之尓 波思家夜之

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 17, poem 4006)

     可伎加蘇布 敷多我美夜麻尓 可牟佐備弖 多氐流都我能奇 毛等母延毛 於夜自得伎波尓 波之伎与之 和我世乃伎美乎 安佐左良受

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 19, poem 4154)

     安志比奇乃 山坂超而 去更 年緒奈我久 科坂在 故志尓之須米婆 大王之 敷座國者 京師乎母 此間毛於夜自等 心尓波 念毛能可良 語左氣 見左久流人眼 乏等 於毛比志繁

References

• Tsuchihashi, Yutaka; Jin'ichi Konishi (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Kodai Kayōshū (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-060003-6, page 207
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240003-7, published 2002.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240004-4, published 2003.

1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2. 1 2 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō