大きに
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 大 |
| おお Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Appears from the Muromachi period as the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative form”, for adjectives, the adverb form) of adjective 大きな (ōkina).[1][2] Analyzable as 大き (ōki, “great, large”, stem of standard Japanese 大きい (ōkii)) + に (ni, adverbial particle)
The Kansai sense of thank you arose as a clipping of 大きにありがとう, literally 大きに (“greatly”) + ありがとう (arigatō, “thank you”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- greatly, considerably
- Synonym: 大いに
- generously, bigheartedly
Interjection
[edit]- (Kansai, dialect) short for 大きにありがとう: thank you
- (in agreement with something someone else has said) completely, absolutely, exactly
- 大きに！大きにその通り！
- Ōki ni! Ōki ni sono tōri!
- Exactly! Exactly as you say!
- 大きに！大きにその通り！
Synonyms
[edit](thank you):
- ありがとう (arigatō)
- ありがとうございます (arigatō gozaimasu)
- どうもありがとう (dōmo arigatō)
- どうも (dōmo)
- サンキュー (sankyū)
References
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