あらゆる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
有らゆる 凡ゆる 所有

Etymology

From Old Japanese arayuru, the attributive form of the passive form of ar- “to be, to exist”. Note that the passive marker -(a)ye- (attributive form -(a)yuru) ceased to be used in Early Middle Japanese except in fossilized expressions such as あらゆる (arayuru) and いはゆる (ifayuru) and in kanbun.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あらゆる [àráyúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠jɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Adnominal

あらゆる • (arayuru) 

1. every; all

   あらゆる方(ほう)法(ほう)を試(ため)してみた

   arayuru hōhō o tameshitemita

   I tried all of the possible ways.

Synonyms

• 全(すべ)て (subete)

See also

• いわゆる (iwayuru)
• ありとあらゆる (ari to arayuru)