いたれりつくせり

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
至れり尽くせり
至れり尽せり

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Calque of Literary Chinese 至矣盡矣, from Zhuangzi. From 至(いた)れり (itareri, classical perfect-continuative tense of 至(いた)る (itaru, yodan verb)) + 尽(つ)くせり (tsukuseri, classical perfect-continuative tense of 尽(つ)くす (tsukusu, yodan verb)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ita̠ɾe̞ɾʲi t͡sɨkɯ̟se̞ɾʲi]

Noun

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いたれりつくせり • (itareri tsukuseri) 

  1. of immaculate thoroughness
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