取り越し苦労

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S
く > ぐ
Grade: 3
ろう
Grade: 4
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spellings
取り越し苦勞 (kyūjitai)
とりこし苦労
取越し苦労
取越苦労

Compound of ()() (torikosu, to do in advance; to think about the future) + ()(ろう) (kurō, pains; anxiety). The kurō changes to gurō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) りこしぐろー [tòríkóshí gúꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɾʲiko̞ɕi ɡɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ː]

Noun edit

()()()(ろう) (torikoshi gurōとりこしぐらう (torikosi gurau)?

  1. useless worry about the future
    Synonym: 杞憂 (kiyū)
    • 1932, 牧野信一, 露路の友[1], 青空文庫:
      (おれ)阿母(おふくろ)(おれ)()てやつぱし大変(たいへん)(こころ)(ぼそ)がりやでね、(まん)(いち)(おれ)(びやう)()にでもなられたら()うしようか! なんて、そんな()()()(らう)ばかりしてゐるんだよ、(いや)になつてしまふ。」
      “Ore no ofukuro wa ore ni nite yappashi taihen na kokorobosogariya de ne, man'ichi ore ni byōki ni de mo nararetara dō shiyō ka! nante, sonna torikoshi gurō bakari shite iru n da yo, iya ni natte shimau.”
      “My mom is a big worrywart like me, so she is always preoccupied with useless worries like, ‘What will I do if by some chance you ever fall ill or something!’ I’m sick of it.”

Verb edit

()()()(ろう)する (torikoshi gurō suruとりこしぐらう (torikosi gurau)?intransitive suru (stem ()()()(ろう) (torikoshi gurō shi), past ()()()(ろう)した (torikoshi gurō shita))

  1. to worry uselessly about the future
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S

Grade: 3
ろう
Grade: 4
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spellings
取り越し苦勞 (kyūjitai)
とりこし苦労
取越し苦労
取越苦労

Compound of ()() (torikosu, to do in advance; to think about the future) + ()(ろう) (kurō, pains; anxiety).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) りころー [tòríkóshí kúꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɾʲiko̞ɕi̥ kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ː]

Noun edit

()()()(ろう) (torikoshi kurōとりこしくらう (torikosi kurau)?

  1. Same as とりこしぐろう (torikoshi gurō) above.

Verb edit

()()()(ろう)する (torikoshi kurō suruとりこしくらう (torikosi kurau)?intransitive suru (stem ()()()(ろう) (torikoshi kurō shi), past ()()()(ろう)した (torikoshi kurō shita))

  1. Same as とりこしぐろう (torikoshi gurō) above.
Conjugation edit