いづれ

Japanese

Etymology

/idure/ → /izure/. Compound of interrogative pronoun いづ (izu) and suffix れ (re). Long form of いづ (izu).

Pronoun

いづれ (rōmaji izure)

何れ: (archaic) indefinite interrogative pronoun; which
- late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
  「いづれも劣り優りおはしまさねば、御心ざしの程は見ゆべし。
- late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
  いかゞしけん、疾き風吹きて、世界暗がりて、舟を吹もてありく。いづれの方とも知らず、舟を海中にまかり入ぬべく吹きまはして、浪は舟にうちかけつゝ捲き入れ、神は落ちかゝるやうにひらめく。
- late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
  大臣上達を召して、「いづれの山か天に近き」と問はせ給ふに [...]

Derived terms

いずれ (izure)

References

Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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