とみに

とみに

Japanese

Alternative spelling
頓に

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​みに [tóꜜmì nì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞mʲi ɲ̟i]

Adverb

とみに • (tomi ni) 

1. suddenly

   Synonyms: 急に (kyū ni), にわかに (niwaka ni)

   • 1929, 薄田泣菫, 艸木虫魚‎, 青空文庫:

     私(わたし)が松木立(まつこだち)のなかに立(た)って、持病(じびょう)の憂鬱(ゆううつ)がとみに軽(かる)くなるのを覚(おぼ)えるのは、ちょうどこのほととぎすの松(まつ)が、寺(てら)の境内(けいだい)に帰(かえ)って来(き)て、生気(せいき)を回復(かいふく)するのと同(おな)じように、ここに一(ひと)つの郷土(きょうど)を感(かん)ずるからなのではあるまいか。

     Watashi ga matsu kodachi no naka ni tatte, jibyō no yūutsu ga tomi ni karuku naru no o oboeru no wa, chōdo kono hototogisu no matsu ga, tera no keidai ni kaette kite, seiki o kaifuku suru no to onaji yō ni, koko ni hitotsu no kyōdo o kanzuru kara na no de wa aru mai ka.

     It is perhaps because I feel a sense of home in this place that I feel the melancholy of my illness suddenly alleviate as I stand in this pine grove, just as the cuckoo’s pine recovered its vitality when it returned to the temple grounds.