いずれ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Japanese

[edit]
Alternative spellings
いず
孰れ

Etymology

[edit]

/idure//id͡zure//izure/

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

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Eastern Old Japanese なに (izu) + かれ (are) or (-re, perfective/imperative) ?”

Pronunciation

[edit]

Pronoun

[edit]

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:
        いづれおとまさりおはしまさねば、しんざしのほどゆべし。
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
        いかゞしけん、やましふうきて、世界せかいくらがりて、ふねを吹もてありく。いづれほうともらず、ふね海中かいちゅうにまかりいれぬべくきまはして、なみふねにうちかけつゝれ、かみちかゝるやうにひらめく。
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
        大臣だいじん上達じょうたつして、「いづれさんてんちかき」とといはせきゅうふに [...]
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. when...
    3. which way...; where...

See also

[edit]

Adverb

[edit]

いずれ (izureいづれ (idure)?

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

Derived terms

[edit]

Proverbs

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN