とりあえず

Japanese

Alternative spellings
取り敢えず取りあえず取敢えず

Etymology

Compound of 取(と)り (tori, “taking”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take”)) + 敢(あ)えず (aezu, from the negative form of 敢(あ)ふ (afu, “to bear, endure”)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáꜜèzù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáéꜜzù] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
(Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáézú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
(Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáézúꜜ] (Odaka – [5])^[3]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲia̠e̞zɨ]

Adverb

とりあえず • (toriaezu) ^{←とりあへず (toriafezu)^?}

at once, first of all, for the time being

Related terms

取(と)る物(もの)も取(と)り敢(あ)えず (toru mono mo toriaezu)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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