例えば
Japanese
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例 |
たと Grade: 4 |
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Etymology
editAnalyzable as the irregular -ba conditional conjugation of verb 例える (tatoeru, “to compare something, to liken one thing to another, to make a metaphor about something”).
Historically, the term appears from at least the late Heian period in the Kokin Wakashū dated roughly 920 CE, indicating that the original derivation was as the regular -ba conditional conjugation of Old Japanese-derived verb 例ふ (tatofu), conjugated in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern. Through regular historical processes, classical 例ふ (tatofu) evolved into modern 例える (tatoeru).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit例えば • (tatoeba) ←たとへば (tatofeba)?
- for example, exempli gratia, for instance, such as
- 1992, "Kimi ga Iru Dake de", in Octave, performed by Kome Kome Club, track 2:
- 例えば君がいるだけで心が強くなれること
- tatoeba kimi ga iru dake de kokoro ga tsuyoku nareru koto
- for example, the fact that my heart can become stronger just by having you around
- 例えば君がいるだけで心が強くなれること
- 1992, "Kimi ga Iru Dake de", in Octave, performed by Kome Kome Club, track 2:
References
edit- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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