たちまち

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Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings
忽ち
乍ち (uncommon)
儵ち (rare)

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]

Apparently a shift from 立ち待ち (tachimachi, “standing and waiting”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of compound verb 立ち待つ (tachimatsu, “to wait while standing”),[1][2][3] probably from the idea of being at the ready. In older texts, this was always followed by the adverbial particle に (ni) for all senses.[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

たちまち • (tachimachi) 

  1. at once, in no time at all, in a moment, in a twinkling, immediately, suddenly, all at once, right away
    • 2016, 24:31 from the start, in Sanada Maru, episode 2:
      痛(いた)むところに貼(は)っておくだけで、たちまち治(なお)ります
      itamu tokoro ni hatteoku dake de, tachimachi naorimasu
      If you simply put it (the patch) on places where it hurts, it will heal instantly.
  2. unexpectedly, suddenly, abruptly
  3. (often followed by adverbial particle に (ni)) actually, really, truly, genuinely

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “忽・乍・儵”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “忽ち”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ 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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