なぞ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
謎

なぞ on Japanese Wikipedia

Clipping of 何ぞ (nan zo).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なぞ (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

なぞ • (nazo) ^{←なぞ (nazo)^?}

mystery; puzzle
ハリー・ポッターと謎(なぞ)のプリンス
Harī Pottā to Nazo no Purinsu
Harry Potter and the Mysterious Prince
- 1997 December 16, Yōzaburō Kanari with Satō, Fumiya, “速(はや)水(み)玲(れい)香(か)誘(ゆう)拐(かい)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑥”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ), volume 27 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
  
  謎(なぞ)は　すべてとけた‼
  Nazo wa subete toketa‼
  All the pieces have been found‼
  (literally, “The puzzle has been completed‼”)

Derived terms

謎々(なぞなぞ) (nazonazo, “riddle”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Adverb

なぞ • (nazo) ^{←なぞ (nazo)^?}

Alternative form of なんぞ (nan zo)
Synonym: など (nado)
- File:Caution1923 NeverSpreadFalseRumors.jpg
  朝鮮人(てうせんじん)の狂暴(きやうぼう)や、大地震(だいぢしん)が再來(さいらい)する、囚人(しうじん)が脱監(だつかん)したなぞと言傳(いひつた)へて處罰(しよばつ)されたものは多數(たすう)あります。
  Chōsenjin no kyōbō ya, daijishin ga sairai suru, shūjin ga dakkan shita nazo to iitsutaete shobatsu sareta mono wa tasū arimasu.
  Many have said that Koreans are rampaging; or that the earthquake will return; or that prisoners have escaped; and have been disciplined.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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