つれづれ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
徒然

Etymology

From 連(つ)れ (tsure) + 連(つ)れ (tsure). The tsure changes to zure as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つれづれ [tsùrézúré] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) つれ​づれ [tsùréꜜzùrè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾe̞zɨᵝɾe̞]

Noun

つれづれ • (tsurezure) ^{←つれづれ (turedure)?}

1. ennui

Derived terms

• 徒(つれ)然(づれ)草(ぐさ) (Tsurezuregusa)

Adjective

つれづれ • (tsurezure) ^{←つれづれ (turedure)?†}-nari

1. idle, bored
   • c. 1330, Kenkō Yoshida, Tsurezuregusa [Essays in idleness]:

     つれづれなるまゝに、日(ひ)くらし硯(すずり)に向(む)かひて […]

     Tsurezure naru mama ni, hikurashi suzuri ni mukahite […]

     Still idle, I spend my days facing the inkstone […]

Adverb

つれづれ • (tsurezure) ^{←つれづれ (turedure)?}

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