Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
取り敢えず
取りあえず
取敢えず

Etymology edit

Compound of () (tori, taking, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (toru, to take)) + ()えず (aezu, from the negative form of () (afu, to bear, endure)).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

とりあえず (toriaezuとりあへず (toriafezu)?

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

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN