猶予い

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
猶	予
いざ Grade: S	よ Grade: 3
irregular	on'yomi

Alternative spellings
猶豫い (kyūjitai) 猶予

⟨isayo₁pi₁⟩ → */isajʷopʲi/ → /isajopi/ → /isajofi/ → /izajofi/ → /izajowi/ → /izajoi/

From Old Japanese.^[1]^[2] Read as isayopi in the Nara Period, shifting to isayofi and izayofi alternating in free variation with in the Heian Period, and settling on izayoi thereafter.^[1]

Derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 猶予(いざよ)う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いざよい [ìzáyóí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[5]^[4]
IPA^(key): [iza̠jo̞i]

Noun

猶(いざ)予(よ)い • (izayoi) ^{←いざよひ (izayofi)^?}

a hesitation, a pause

Verb

猶(いざ)予(よ)い • (izayoi) ^{←いざよひ (izayofi)^?}

stem or continuative form of 猶予う (izayou, “to pause, to hesitate”) [godan]

Derived terms

十六夜(いざよい) (izayoi, “the sixteenth night of the lunar month, just after the full moon”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
猶	予
Grade: S	Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative spellings
猶豫い (kyūjitai) 揺蕩い

This kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on the synonymous Middle Chinese-derived term 猶予 (yūyo). This spelling is less common than 揺蕩い.

For pronunciation and definitions of 猶予い – see the following entry.

【揺蕩たゆたい】

[noun] bobbing, to moving about uncertainly as a floating item moves about on the surface of water or some other liquid

[noun] the state of being undecided or uncertain

[noun] a pause or hesitation due to indecision, dallying, dawdling

(This term, 猶予い, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-5] 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

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