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Japanese
Etymology
Cognate with 急ぐ (isogu, “to hurry, to rush”).[1][2]
First attested in a text from 1212.[3]
Pronunciation
Adverb
いそいそ or イソイソ • (isoiso)
- cheerfully, eagerly, with alacrity
Usage notes
May optionally take the adverbial particle と (to).[2][3][6][4][7]
Verb
いそいそする or イソイソする • (isoiso suru) suru (stem いそいそし (isoiso shi), past いそいそした (isoiso shita))
- to be cheerful, eager, and acting with alacrity
Usage notes
Not all sources treat this as a verb,[2][3][7] likely because all such adverbs can be used with the light verb する (suru).
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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いそいそし
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isoiso shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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いそいそし
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isoiso shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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いそいそする
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isoiso suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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いそいそする
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isoiso suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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いそいそすれ
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isoiso sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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いそいそせよ¹
いそいそしろ²
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isoiso seyo¹
isoiso shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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いそいそされる
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isoiso sareru
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| Causative
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いそいそさせる
いそいそさす
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isoiso saseru
isoiso sasu
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| Potential
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いそいそできる
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isoiso dekiru
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| Volitional
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いそいそしよう
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isoiso shiyō
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| Negative
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いそいそしない
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isoiso shinai
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| Negative continuative
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いそいそせず
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isoiso sezu
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| Formal
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いそいそします
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isoiso shimasu
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| Perfective
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いそいそした
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isoiso shita
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| Conjunctive
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いそいそして
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isoiso shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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いそいそすれば
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isoiso sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “いそいそ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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
- ^ “いそいそ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN