猶予い

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
猶	予
いざ Grade: S	よ Grade: 3
irregular	on’yomi

Alternative spellings
猶豫い (kyūjitai) 猶予

⟨isayo₁pi₁⟩ → */isajʷopʲi/ → /isajopi/ → /isajofi/ → /izajofi/ → /izajowi/ → /izajoi/

From Old Japanese. Read as isayopi in the Nara Period, shifting to isayofi and izayofi alternating in free variation with in the Heian Period, and settling on izayoi thereafter.

Derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 猶予(いざよ)う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いざよい [ìzáyóí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iza̠jo̞i]

Noun

猶(いざ)予(よ)い • (izayoi) ^{←いざよひ (izayofi)?}

1. a hesitation, a pause

Verb

猶(いざ)予(よ)い • (izayoi) ^{←いざよひ (izayofi)?}

1. stem or continuative form of 猶予う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”) [godan]

Derived terms

• 十六夜(いざよい) (izayoi, “the sixteenth night of the lunar month, just after the full moon”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
猶	予
Grade: S	Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative spellings
猶豫い (kyūjitai) 揺蕩い

This kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on the synonymous Middle Chinese-derived term 猶予 (yūyo). This spelling is less common than 揺蕩い.

For pronunciation and definitions of 猶予い – see the following entry.

【揺蕩たゆたい】 [noun] bobbing, to moving about uncertainly as a floating item moves about on the surface of water or some other liquid [noun] the state of being undecided or uncertain [noun] a pause or hesitation due to indecision, dallying, dawdling

(This term, 猶予い, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)