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日記

日記

See also: 日记

Chinese

 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (日記) 日 記
simp. (日记) 日 记

Noun

日記

  1. diary   (Classifier: 本; 冊／册)
    他正在寫日記呢。 / 他正在写日记呢。  ―  Tā zhèngzài xiě rìjì ne.  ―  He's writing in his diary.
    你寫日記嗎？ / 你写日记吗？  ―  Nǐ xiě rìjì ma?  ―  Do you keep a diary?

Derived terms

  • 日記賬／日记账

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (日記):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日 記
にち > にっ
Grade: 1 		き
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

日記 ‎(hiragana にっき, romaji nikki)

  1. a record of events and facts
  2. a record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal[2]

See also

  • 日記文学 (にっきぶんがく) ‎(nikki bungaku)

Etymology 2

Originally, there was no means to write the geminate consonant, so it was left out. Pronunciation was likely [nikki] rather than [niki].[3]

Noun

日記 ‎(hiragana にき, romaji niki)

  1. a record of events and facts
  2. a record of daily events or thoughts; a diary or journal

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
  3. ↑ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112

Korean

Hanja in this term
日 記

Noun

日記 • ‎(ilgi) ‎(hangeul 일기)

  1. Hanja form? of 일기, “diary; journal”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
日 記

Noun

日記

  1. Hán tự form of nhật ký, “diary; journal”

Pronunciation

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