取り放題

Japanese

Kanji in this term
取	放	題
と Grade: 3	ほう Grade: 3	だい Grade: 3

Etymology

From 取(と)り (tori, “taking”) plus 放(ほう)題(だい) (-hōdai, “without limit”). The former element is 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲiho̞ːda̠i]

Noun

取(と)り放(ほう)題(だい) • (torihōdai) 

1. being able to take as much as one would like

   漬(つけ)物(もの)は取(と)り放(ほう)題(だい)だ。

   Tsukemono wa torihōdai da.

   The pickles are free to take as you like.

   • 2019 September 30, “500,000-hon no kosumosu ga sakihokoru zekkei! ‘Sakura kosumosu fesuta’ kaisai [View 500,000 cosmos in full bloom! ‘Sakura cosmos festa’ opens]”, in Tokyo Walker‎^[1]:

     会(かい)場(じょう)では、コスモスの掘(ほ)り取(と)り・切(き)り取(と)り販売(はんばい)（５(ご)本(ほん )100(ひゃく)円(えん)または １(いち)袋(ふくろ) 300(さんびゃく)円(えん)取(と)り放題(ほうだい)）が楽(たの)しめるほか、オランダ風(ふう)車(しゃ)の内(ない)部(ぶ)見(けん)学(がく)（無(む)料(りょう)） […]

     Kaijō de wa, kosumosu no horitori kiritori hanbai (go-hon hyaku-en mata wa ichi-fukuro sanbyaku-en torihōdai) ga tanoshimeru hoka, Oranda fūsha no naibu kengaku (muryō) […]

     At the venue, in addition to dug or cut cosmos for sale (5 for ¥100, or ¥300 for a bag of as many as you like), you can enjoy viewing the inside of a Dutch windmill (free entry) […]

See also

• 食(た)べ放(ほう)題(だい) (tabehōdai, “all you can eat”)
• 飲(の)み放(ほう)題(だい) (nomihōdai, “all you can drink”)