とりあえず

Japanese

Alternative spellings
取り敢えず取りあえず取敢えず

Etymology

Compound of 取(と)り (tori, “taking”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take”)) + 敢(あ)えず (aezu, from the negative form of 敢(あ)ふ (afu, “to bear, endure”)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáꜜèzù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáéꜜzù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
(Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáézú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
(Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáézúꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[3]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲia̠e̞zɨᵝ]

Adverb

とりあえず • (toriaezu) ^{←とりあへず (toriafezu)^?}

at once, first of all, for the time being

Related terms

取(と)る物(もの)も取(と)り敢(あ)えず (toru mono mo toriaezu)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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