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とりあえず

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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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

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Adverb

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とりあえず (toriaezuとりあへず (toriafezu)?

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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN