取り越し苦労

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S
く > ぐ
Grade: 3
ろう
Grade: 4
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spellings
取り越し苦勞 (kyūjitai)
とりこし苦労
取越し苦労
取越苦労

Compound of ()() (torikosu, to do in advance; to think about the future) + ()(ろう) (kurō, pains; anxiety). The kurō changes to gurō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

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  • ()()()(ろう) (torikoshi kurō)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) りこしぐろー [tòríkóshí gúꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɾʲiko̞ɕi ɡɯ̟ɾo̞ː]

Noun

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()()()(ろう) (torikoshi gurōとりこしぐらう (torikosi gurau)?

  1. useless worry about the future
    Synonym: 杞憂 (kiyū)
    • 1932, 牧野信一, 露路の友[1], 青空文庫:
      (おれ)阿母(おふくろ)(おれ)()てやつぱし大変(たいへん)(こころ)(ぼそ)がりやでね、(まん)(いち)(おれ)(びやう)()にでもなられたら()うしようか! なんて、そんな()()()(らう)ばかりしてゐるんだよ、(いや)になつてしまふ。」
      “Ore no ofukuro wa ore ni nite yappashi taihen na kokorobosogariya de ne, man'ichi ore ni byōki ni de mo nararetara dō shiyō ka! nante, sonna torikoshi gurō bakari shite iru n da yo, iya ni natte shimau.”
      “My mom is a big worrywart like me, so she is always preoccupied with useless worries like, ‘What will I do if by some chance you ever fall ill or something!’ I’m sick of it.”

Verb

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()()()(ろう)する (torikoshi gurō suruとりこしぐらう (torikosi gurau)?intransitive suru (stem ()()()(ろう) (torikoshi gurō shi), past ()()()(ろう)した (torikoshi gurō shita))

  1. to worry uselessly about the future
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S

Grade: 3
ろう
Grade: 4
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spellings
取り越し苦勞 (kyūjitai)
とりこし苦労
取越し苦労
取越苦労

Compound of ()() (torikosu, to do in advance; to think about the future) + ()(ろう) (kurō, pains; anxiety).

Alternative forms

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  • ()()苦労(ぐろう) (torikoshi gurō)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) りころー [tòríkóshí kúꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɾʲiko̞ɕi̥ kɯ̟ɾo̞ː]

Noun

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()()()(ろう) (torikoshi kurōとりこしくらう (torikosi kurau)?

  1. Same as とりこしぐろう (torikoshi gurō) above.

Verb

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()()()(ろう)する (torikoshi kurō suruとりこしくらう (torikosi kurau)?intransitive suru (stem ()()()(ろう) (torikoshi kurō shi), past ()()()(ろう)した (torikoshi kurō shita))

  1. Same as とりこしぐろう (torikoshi gurō) above.
Conjugation
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