お祈りメール

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
お祈りメール (kyūjitai)

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

• IPA^(key): [o̞ino̞ɾʲi me̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

お祈(いの)りメール • (oinori mēru) 

1. (chiefly Internet slang) job rejection e-mail