かりそめ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
仮初め
仮初
苟且

Etymology

A compound of 仮 (kari, “borrowed; temporary”) +‎ 初め (some, “starting, beginning”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

かりそめ • (karisome) -na (adnominal かりそめな (karisome na na), adverbial かりそめに (karisome ni ni))

  1. temporary, provisional
  2. minor, unimportant, trifling
  3. neglectful, negligent, lackadaisical, careless

Usage notes

Appears frequently with the particle の (no) instead of な (na), indicating a shift in public usage from treating this as a na adjective to treating this more as an attributive noun.

Inflection
Inflection of かりそめ
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) かりそめだろ karisome daro
Continuative (連用形) かりそめで karisome de
Terminal (終止形) かりそめだ karisome da
Attributive (連体形) かりそめな karisome na
Hypothetical (仮定形) かりそめなら karisome nara
Imperative (命令形) かりそめであれ karisome de are
Key constructions
Informal negative かりそめではない
かりそめじゃない		 karisome de wa nai
karisome ja nai
Informal past かりそめだった karisome datta
Informal negative past かりそめではなかった
かりそめじゃなかった		 karisome de wa nakatta
karisome ja nakatta
Formal かりそめです karisome desu
Formal negative かりそめではありません
かりそめじゃありません		 karisome de wa arimasen
karisome ja arimasen
Formal past かりそめでした karisome deshita
Formal negative past かりそめではありませんでした
かりそめじゃありませんでした		 karisome de wa arimasen deshita
karisome ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive かりそめで karisome de
Conditional かりそめなら（ば） karisome nara (ba)
Provisional かりそめだったら karisome dattara
Volitional かりそめだろう karisome darō
Adverbial かりそめに karisome ni
Degree かりそめさ karisomesa

Noun

かりそめ • (karisome) 

  1. something temporary or provisional

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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