Kanji in this term | |
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猶 | 予 |
いざ Grade: S |
よ Grade: 3 |
irregular | on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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猶豫う (kyūjitai) |
⟨isayo1pu⟩ → */isajʷopu/ → /isajopu/ → /izajofu/ → /izajou/
From Old Japanese 猶予ふ (isayopu).
Read as いさよふ (isayopu) in the Nara Period. The /p/ lenited to /f/ (more specifically, the bilabial fricative ) by the Heian Period, with the /s/ alternating with voiced /z/. The medial /f/ then further lenited and disappeared, with the voiced /z/ pronunciation becoming the dominant form.
Derived originally as a compound of いさ (isa, interjection of hesitation or introduction; compare to English so, which may be used as a hesitation word or to introduce a new topic) + よふ (yopu, suffixing element of unclear meaning). Appears in the Kojiki of 712 CE and the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.
The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on the synonymous Middle Chinese-derived term 猶予 (yūyo).
This word may be falling into disuse, and it is not included in some dictionaries.
猶予う • (izayou) ←いざよふ (izayofu)?intransitive godan (stem 猶予い (izayoi), past 猶予った (izayotta))
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 猶予わ | いざよわ | izayowa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 猶予い | いざよい | izayoi |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 猶予う | いざよう | izayou |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 猶予う | いざよう | izayou |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 猶予え | いざよえ | izayoe |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 猶予え | いざよえ | izayoe |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 猶予われる | いざよわれる | izayowareru |
Causative | 猶予わせる 猶予わす |
いざよわせる いざよわす |
izayowaseru izayowasu |
Potential | 猶予える | いざよえる | izayoeru |
Volitional | 猶予おう | いざよおう | izayoō |
Negative | 猶予わない | いざよわない | izayowanai |
Negative continuative | 猶予わず | いざよわず | izayowazu |
Formal | 猶予います | いざよいます | izayoimasu |
Perfective | 猶予った | いざよった | izayotta |
Conjunctive | 猶予って | いざよって | izayotte |
Hypothetical conditional | 猶予えば | いざよえば | izayoeba |
Kanji in this term | |
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猶 | 予 |
Grade: S | Grade: 3 |
irregular |
Alternative spellings |
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猶豫う (kyūjitai) 揺蕩う |
This kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on the synonymous Middle Chinese-derived term 猶予 (yūyo). This spelling is less common than 揺蕩う.
For pronunciation and definitions of 猶予う – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 猶予う, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |