とりあえず

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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

Adverb

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

  1. at once, first of all, for the time being

References

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