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 取(と)り (tori, “taking”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take”)) + 敢(あ)えず (aezu, from the negative form of 敢(あ)ふ (afu, “to bear, endure”)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáꜜèzù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáéꜜzù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáézú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) とりあえず [tòríáézúꜜ] (Odaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲia̠e̞zɨ]

Adverb

とりあえず • (toriaezu) ^{←とりあへず (toriafezu)?}

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

Related terms

• 取(と)る物(もの)も取(と)り敢(あ)えず (toru mono mo toriaezu)