まったなし

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
待った無し待ったなし

Etymology

From 待(ま)った (matta) + 無(な)し (nashi).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まったなし (Nakadaka – )^[1]
(Tokyo) まったなし (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

まったなし • (matta-nashi) ^{←まつたなし (matuta-nasi)^?}

(competition) "now or never!", "time's up!"
(by extension) no longer able to postpone matters
待(ま)ったなしの状(じょう)況(きょう)
mattanashi no jōkyō
a situation where action must be taken now

References

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

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