安んぞ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安
いずく Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative spellings
焉んぞ 悪んぞ 寧んぞ 奚んぞ 烏んぞ 曷んぞ

Etymology

Contraction of 何処(いづく) (izuku) + に (ni) + ぞ (zo).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いずく​んぞ [ìzúkúꜜǹzò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [izɨᵝkɯ̟̃ᵝnd͡zo̞]

Adverb

安(いずく)んぞ • (izukunzo) ^{←いづくんぞ (idukunzo)?}

1. how, why

   燕(えん)雀(じゃく)安(いずく)んぞ鴻鵠(こうこく)の志(こころざし)を知(し)らんや。

   Enjaku izukunzo kōkoku no kokorozashi o shiran ya.

   How can a little songbird understand the ambitions of a grand swan?

   • 1892 March, 森鴎外, 柵草紙の山房論文:

     わが頑(ぐわん)冥(めい)なる、曷(いづく)むぞ敢(あへ)てレツシングを以(もつ)てみづから比(ひ)せむや。

     Wa ga ganmei naru, izukunzo aete Resshingu wo motte mizukara hisen ya.

     I am stubborn, how would I dare to compare myself to Lessing?