おいおい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Reduplication of おい.

Pronunciation

Interjection

おいおい • (oioi) ←おいおい (oioi)?

  1. hey (used to get attention)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
追い追い
追々
追追

Reduplication of 追い.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おいおい [òíóí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞io̞i]

Adverb

おいおい • (oioi) ←おひおひ (ofiofi)?

  1. bit by bit, gradually
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎:
      追(おい)々(おい)ゆるりと話(はな)すつもりだが、
      oioi yururi to hanasu tsumori da ga,
      and saying that he would acquaint me particularly with the school by-and-by,
  2. after a while, in time

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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