取り越し苦労

Compound of 取(と)り越(こ)す (torikosu, “to do in advance; to think about the future”) + 苦(く)労(ろう) (kurō, “pains; anxiety”). The kurō changes to gurō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• 取(と)り越(こ)し苦(く)労(ろう) (torikoshi kurō)

• (Tokyo) とりこしぐろー (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

取(と)り越(こ)し苦(ぐ)労(ろう) • (torikoshi gurō) ^{←とりこしぐらう (torikosi gurau)?}

1. useless worry about the future

   Synonym: 杞憂 (kiyū)

   • 1932, 牧野信一, 露路の友‎, 青空文庫:

     「俺(おれ)の阿母(おふくろ)は俺(おれ)に似(に)てやつぱし大変(たいへん)な心(こころ)細(ぼそ)がりやでね、万(まん)一(いち)俺(おれ)に病(びやう)気(き)にでもなられたら何(ど)うしようか！　なんて、そんな取(と)り越(こ)し苦(ぐ)労(らう)ばかりしてゐるんだよ、厭(いや)になつてしまふ。」

     “Ore no ofukuro wa ore ni nite yappashi taihen na kokorobosogariya de ne, man'ichi ore ni byōki ni de mo nararetara dō shiyō ka! nante, sonna torikoshi gurō bakari shite iru n da yo, iya ni natte shimau.”

     “My mom is a big worrywart like me, so she is always preoccupied with useless worries like, ‘What will I do if by some chance you ever fall ill or something!’ I’m sick of it.”

取(と)り越(こ)し苦(ぐ)労(ろう)する • (torikoshi gurō suru) ^{←とりこしぐらう (torikosi gurau)?}intransitive suru (stem 取(と)り越(こ)し苦(ぐ)労(ろう)し (torikoshi gurō shi), past 取(と)り越(こ)し苦(ぐ)労(ろう)した (torikoshi gurō shita))

1. to worry uselessly about the future

Compound of 取(と)り越(こ)す (torikosu, “to do in advance; to think about the future”) + 苦(く)労(ろう) (kurō, “pains; anxiety”).

• 取(と)り越(こ)し苦労(ぐろう) (torikoshi gurō)

• (Tokyo) とりこしくろー (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

取(と)り越(こ)し苦(く)労(ろう) • (torikoshi kurō) ^{←とりこしくらう (torikosi kurau)?}

1. Same as とりこしぐろう (torikoshi gurō) above.

取(と)り越(こ)し苦(く)労(ろう)する • (torikoshi kurō suru) ^{←とりこしくらう (torikosi kurau)?}intransitive suru (stem 取(と)り越(こ)し苦(く)労(ろう)し (torikoshi kurō shi), past 取(と)り越(こ)し苦(く)労(ろう)した (torikoshi kurō shita))

1. Same as とりこしぐろう (torikoshi gurō) above.