🌏 Region(s): Kansai (Kyoto)
おいでやす【お出でやす・御出でやす】 : oideyasu | define meaning
oideyasu
Definition
Expression
- An expression used to greet and welcome customers into a store, a shop, a restaurant, etc. "Welcome! How May I help you?"
Etymology
Derived by compounding the polite Kansai ending やす-yasu onto the term おいで【お出で・御出で】 oide, literally "(for) coming, being (here)". Related to the Western expression おいでませ【お出でませ・御出でませ】 oidemase and the standard construction おいでなさい【お出でなさい・御出でなさい】 oidenasai.
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kanji | お出でやす 御出でやす |
Kana | おいでやす |
Romanization | oideyasu |
意味:いらっしゃいませ、いらしゃいませ、いらしゃい、いらっしゃい
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お出でやす
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, July 30). おいでやす【お出でやす・御出でやす】 : oideyasu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 7, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/133/oideyasu/.