在りし日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
在	日
あ Grade: 5	ひ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

在(あ)り (ari, “exist”, ren'yōkei of ある) + し (-shi, adnominal form of past tense auxiliary き (-ki), archaic) + 日(ひ) (hi, “day”). Literally, “the days that had been/existed”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ありしひ [áꜜrìshìhì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾʲiɕiçi]

Noun

在(あ)りし日(ひ) • (arishi hi) 

1. yore; the days of yore; a long time ago

Synonyms

• 昔(むかし) (mukashi)