猶予い

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
猶 予
いざ
Grade: S		 よ
Grade: 3
irregular on’yomi
Alternative spellings
猶豫い (kyūjitai)
猶予

⟨isayo1pi1⟩ → */isajʷopʲi/ → /isajopi/ → /isajofi/ → /izajofi/ → /izajowi/ → /izajoi/

From Old Japanese.[1][2] Read as isayopi in the Nara Period, shifting to isayofi and izayofi alternating in free variation with in the Heian Period, and settling on izayoi thereafter.[1]

Derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 猶予(いざよ)う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

猶(いざ)予(よ)い • (izayoi) ←いざよひ (izayofi)?

  1. a hesitation, a pause

Verb

猶(いざ)予(よ)い • (izayoi) ←いざよひ (izayofi)?

  1. stem or continuative form of 猶予う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”) [godan]
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
猶 予
Grade: S Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spellings
猶豫い (kyūjitai)
揺蕩い

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 揺蕩い.

For pronunciation and definitions of 猶予い – see the following entry.
【揺蕩たゆたい】
[noun] bobbing, to moving about uncertainly as a floating item moves about on the surface of water or some other liquid
[noun] the state of being undecided or uncertain
[noun] a pause or hesitation due to indecision, dallying, dawdling
(This term, 猶予い, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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
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