いずれ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
何れ
孰れ

Etymology

/idure//id͡zure//izure/

Compound of interrogative pronoun いづ (izu) and suffix (re). Long form of いづ (izu).

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Particularly: “Eastern Old Japanese (izu) + (are) or (-re, perfective/imperative) ?”

Pronunciation

Pronoun

いずれ (izureいづれ (idure)?

  1. (archaic) indeterminate demonstrative pronoun:
    1. which... (of three or more choices)
      Synonym: どれ
      • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
        いづれも劣り優りおはしまさねば、御心ざしの程は見ゆべし。
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      • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
        いかゞしけん、疾き風吹きて、世界暗がりて、舟を吹もてありく。いづれの方とも知らず、舟を海中にまかり入ぬべく吹きまはして、浪は舟にうちかけつゝ捲き入れ、神は落ちかゝるやうにひらめく。
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      • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
        大臣上達を召して、「いづれの山か天に近き」と問はせ給ふに [...]
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    2. when...
    3. which way...; where...

See also

Adverb

いずれ (izureいづれ (idure)?

  1. someday; one day; before long
    (いず)して(せよ)
    izure ni shite mo (seyo)
    in any event; at any rate
  2. in the end, eventually

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References

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