お預け

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
あず
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Honorific prefix (o-) +‎ 預け (azuke, entrusting, consigning, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 預ける (azukeru, to entrust or consign something to someone, such as for safekeeping)).[1][2]

The senses of o-azuke all derive by extension from the verb's underlying sense of “entrusting”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あず) (o-azukeおあづけ (oaduke)?

  1. a state of being on hold or delayed
    (りょ)(こう)(とう)(ぶん)(あず)になった
    ryokō wa tōbun o-azuke ni natta
    Our trip has been put on hold for some time → Our trip has been delayed for some time.
    (あず)()
    o-azuke o kuu
    to eat an entrustment → to be forced to put up with a delay
  2. the act of putting a food item or other treat in front of a dog and making the dog wait
  3. the act of entrusting a person, especially a prisoner, into the care of someone else for purposes of imprisonment or punishment
  4. a person put into the care of someone else
  5. (historical) during the Edo period, a daimyo or other retainer of the shogun put into the care of another daimyo's household for purposes of confinement or imprisonment

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN