終ぞ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終
つい Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Of 終(つい) (tsui, “end”, noun) with the emphatic particle ぞ (zo).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ついぞ [tsúꜜìzò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨizo̞]

Adverb

終(つい)ぞ • (tsuizo) ^{←つひぞ (tufizo)?}

1. (chiefly in the negative) (not) ever, at all
   • 1983, Masao Kusuyama, Shiroi Tori‎^[1]:

     すぐうしろの松(まつ)の木(き)の枝(えだ)に、ついぞ見(み)たこともないような、美(うつく)しい真(ま)っ白(しろ)な着(き)物(もの)が掛(か)けてありました。

     Sugu ushiro no matsu no ki no eda ni, tsuizo mita koto mo nai yō na, utsukushī masshiro na kimono ga kakete-arimashita.

     Just behind on the branch of a pine tree hung a beautiful pure white kimono such has I had never seen.

Synonyms

• ついに (tsuini, “(not) ever, in the end”)
• いまだかつて (imadakatsute, “never before now”)
• 一(いち)度(ど)も (ichidomo, “even one time”)