たちまち

Japanese

Etymology
Alternative spellings
忽ち
乍ち (uncommon)
儵ち (rare)

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]

Apparently a shift from 立ち待ち (tachimachi, “standing and waiting”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of compound verb 立ち待つ (tachimatsu, “to wait while standing”),[1][2][3] probably from the idea of being at the ready. In older texts, this was always followed by the adverbial particle に (ni) for all senses.[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

たちまち • (tachimachi) 

  1. [from 759] at once, in no time at all, in a moment, in a twinkling, immediately, suddenly, all at once, right away
    • 2016, 24:31 from the start, in Sanada Maru, episode 2:
      痛(いた)むところに貼(は)っておくだけで、たちまち治(なお)ります
      itamu tokoro ni hatteoku dake de, tachimachi naorimasu
      If you simply put it (the patch) on places where it hurts, it will heal instantly.
  2. [from 850] unexpectedly, suddenly, abruptly
  3. [from 1120] (often followed by adverbial particle に (ni)) actually, really, truly, genuinely

References
  1. “忽・乍・儵”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “忽ち”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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
  5. 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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