こないだ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
此間

Etymology

/kono aida/ → /konaida/

Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida, “recently, the other day”).

First cited in 1563.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こないだ [kònáídáꜜ] (Odaka – [4]) when used as a noun, with a following particle
• (Tokyo) こないだ [kònáídá] (Heiban – [0]) when used adverbially, without a particle
• IPA^(key): [ko̞na̠ida̠]

Adverb

こないだ • (konaida) ^{←こないだ (konaida)?}

1. [from 1563] Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida).: the other day, a recent time
   • 2007 January 25, Yūji Shiozaki, “第七拾五話 [Chapter 75]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:

     お——こないだ観(み)た　A(エー)V(ブイ)にそーゆーのあったあった

     O—— Konaida mita ēbui ni sōyū no atta atta

     Whoa— I saw this exact shit in a porno just the other day

Noun

こないだ • (konaida) ^{←こなひだ (konafida)?}

1. [from 1563] Contraction of このあいだ (kono aida).: the other day, a recent time

   こないだのあれどうした?

   Konaida no are dō shita?

   How did that thing from the other day turn out?