あらまし

Japanese

Uncertain. Theories include derivation from 粗ほぼ(あら) (ara, “rough, roughly”) + まし (mashi, auxiliary verb), or from 有ゆう(あ)り (ari, stem or continuative form of ある) + 端はし(はし) (hashi, “a bit; nearly”). Some speculate derivation from 有あり + まし, but Kokugo Daijiten calls this dubious (“疑問ぎもん”).^[1]

あらまし • (aramashi)

あらまし • (aramashi)

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語こくご大だい辞典じてん（新装しんそう版ばん） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN