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 () (tori, taking, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (toru, to take)) + ()えず (aezu, from the negative form of () (afu, to bear, endure)).

Pronunciation

Adverb

とりあえず (toriaezu) とりあへず (toriafezu)?

  1. at once, first of all, for the time being

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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