Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
仮初め
仮初
苟且

Etymology edit

A compound of (kari, borrowed; temporary) +‎ 初め (some, starting, beginning).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

かりそめ (karisome-na (adnominal かりそめ (karisome na na), adverbial かりそめ (karisome ni ni))

  1. temporary, provisional
  2. minor, unimportant, trifling
  3. neglectful, negligent, lackadaisical, careless

Usage notes edit

Appears frequently with the particle (no) instead of (na), indicating a shift in public usage from treating this as a na adjective to treating this more as an attributive noun.

Inflection edit

Noun edit

かりそめ (karisome

  1. something temporary or provisional

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN