つれづれ

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
徒然

Etymology

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From () (tsure) + () (tsure).[1] The tsure changes to zure as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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つれづれ (tsurezureつれづれ (turedure)?

  1. ennui

Derived terms

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Adjective

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つれづれ (tsurezureつれづれ (turedure)?-nari

  1. idle, bored
    • c. 1330, Kenkō Yoshida, Tsurezuregusa [Essays in idleness]:
      つれづれなるまゝに、()くらし(すずり)()かひて []
      Tsurezure naru mama ni, hikurashi suzuri ni mukahite []
      Still idle, I spend my days facing the inkstone []

Adverb

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つれづれ (tsurezureつれづれ (turedure)?

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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