矢鱈

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
矢 鱈
や
Grade: 2
(ateji) 		たら
Hyōgai
(ateji)
kun'yomi

Etymology

Probably a shortening of 八多羅拍子 (yatara-byōshi), a type of gagaku rhythm that features fast repeated double-time and triple-time passages which shift abruptly.[1]

The kanji are an example of ateji (当て字),[1][2][3] perhaps chosen also for the random juxtaposition of 矢 (ya, “arrow”) + 鱈 (tara, “codfish”).

First cited to a text from 1667.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

矢(や)鱈(たら) • (yatara) -na (adnominal 矢(や)鱈(たら)な (yatara na), adverbial 矢(や)鱈(たら)に (yatara ni))

  1. random

Inflection

Inflection of 矢鱈
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 矢鱈だろ やたらだろ yatara daro
Continuative (連用形) 矢鱈で やたらで yatara de
Terminal (終止形) 矢鱈だ やたらだ yatara da
Attributive (連体形) 矢鱈な やたらな yatara na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 矢鱈なら やたらなら yatara nara
Imperative (命令形) 矢鱈であれ やたらであれ yatara de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 矢鱈ではない
矢鱈じゃない 		やたらではない
やたらじゃない 		yatara de wa nai
yatara ja nai
Informal past 矢鱈だった やたらだった yatara datta
Informal negative past 矢鱈ではなかった
矢鱈じゃなかった 		やたらではなかった
やたらじゃなかった 		yatara de wa nakatta
yatara ja nakatta
Formal 矢鱈です やたらです yatara desu
Formal negative 矢鱈ではありません
矢鱈じゃありません 		やたらではありません
やたらじゃありません 		yatara de wa arimasen
yatara ja arimasen
Formal past 矢鱈でした やたらでした yatara deshita
Formal negative past 矢鱈ではありませんでした
矢鱈じゃありませんでした 		やたらではありませんでした
やたらじゃありませんでした 		yatara de wa arimasen deshita
yatara ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 矢鱈で やたらで yatara de
Conditional 矢鱈なら（ば） やたらなら（ば） yatara nara (ba)
Provisional 矢鱈だったら やたらだったら yatara dattara
Volitional 矢鱈だろう やたらだろう yatara darō
Adverbial 矢鱈に やたらに yatara ni
Degree 矢鱈さ やたらさ yatarasa

Adverb

矢(や)鱈(たら) • (yatara) 

  1. randomly, rashly, thoughtlessly, absurdly, indiscriminately
    Synonyms: 無暗 (muyami), むちゃくちゃ (muchakucha), めちゃくしゃ (mechakucha)

Usage notes

As an adverb, may appear bare, with the adverbial particle と (to), or with the adverbial particle に (ni).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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