お祈りメール

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈
いの Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of お (o, honorific prefix) + 祈 (いの)り (inori, “prayer, hoping”) + メール (mēru, “e-mail”). This term comes from fixed phrase such as "今後 (こんご)のご活躍 (かつやく)をお祈 (いの)り申 (もう)し上 (あ)げます (kongo no go-katsuyaku o o-inori mōshi agemasu, literally “[I/We] hope your success in the future”)" or "今後 (こんご)のご健闘 (けんとう)をお祈 (いの)り申 (もう)し上 (あ)げます (kongo no go-kentō o o-inori mōshi agemasu, literally “[I/We] wish you good luck in the future”)" in job rejection e-mails.

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [o̞ino̞ɾʲi me̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

お祈りメール (hiragana and katakana おいのりメール, rōmaji oinori mēru)

(chiefly Internet slang) job rejection e-mail