いずく

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See also: いすぐ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
何処

Etymology

⟨iduku⟩/id͡zuku//izuku/

From Old Japanese いづく (iduku).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

いずく (izukuいづく (iduku)?

  1. (archaic) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which
  2. (archaic, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere
    • 1086, Goshūi Wakashū (book 4, poem 333)
      さびしさに宿(やど)()()でて(なが)むればいづく(おな)(あき)(ゆふ)()
      sabishisa ni yado o tachiidete nagamureba izuku mo onaji aki no yūgure
      I step in loneliness outside my dwelling; and when looking out, everywhere is but the same―autumn dusk.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN