つれづれ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
徒然

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つれづれ [tsùrézúré] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) つれづれ [tsùréꜜzùrè] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɾe̞zɨᵝɾe̞]

Noun

つれづれ • (tsurezure) ^{←つれづれ (turedure)^?}

ennui

Derived terms

徒(つれ)然(づれ)草(ぐさ) (Tsurezuregusa)

Adjective

つれづれ • (tsurezure) ^{←つれづれ (turedure)^?}^†-nari

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

Adverb

つれづれ • (tsurezure) ^{←つれづれ (turedure)^?}

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References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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

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