いずれ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
何れ
孰れ

Etymology

/idure/ → /id͡zure/ → /izure/

Compound of interrogative pronoun いづ (izu) and suffix れ (re). Long form of いづ (izu).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いずれ [ìzúré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [izɨᵝɾe̞]

Pronoun

いずれ • (izure) ←いづれ (idure)?

  1. (archaic) indeterminate demonstrative pronoun:
    1. which... (of three or more choices)
      Synonym: どれ
      • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
        「いづれも劣り優りおはしまさねば、御心ざしの程は見ゆべし。
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
        いかゞしけん、疾き風吹きて、世界暗がりて、舟を吹もてありく。いづれの方とも知らず、舟を海中にまかり入ぬべく吹きまはして、浪は舟にうちかけつゝ捲き入れ、神は落ちかゝるやうにひらめく。
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
        大臣上達を召して、「いづれの山か天に近き」と問はせ給ふに [...]
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. when...
    3. which way...; where...

See also
Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives
a-/wa-
“I, we”
(first person)		 na-/-ma-
“you, ye, thou”
(second person)		 k-
“this”
(close to speaker)		 s-
“that”
(close to listener)		 a-/ka-
“that over there”
(far from both)		 i-/ta-/nani-
“who, what, where, how, when”
(interrogative)		 ono-
“oneself”
(reflexive)
Person あ (a)
あれ (are)
わ (wa)
われ (ware)
まろ (maro)		 な (na)
なれ (nare)
なんぢ (nanji)
まし (mashi)
いまし (imashi)
みまし (mimashi)
きみ (kimi)		 こ (ko)
これ (kore)		 そ (so)
それ (sore)		 あ (a)
あれ (are)
か (ka)
かれ (kare)		 た (ta)
たれ (tare)
なにがし (nanigashi)		 おの (ono)
おのれ (onore)
Thing こ (ko)
これ (kore)		 そ (so)
それ (sore)		 あ (a)
あれ (are)
か (ka)
かれ (kare)		 いづれ (izure)
なに (nani)
Location ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あしこ (ashiko)
かしこ (kashiko)		 いづく (izuku)
いづこ (izuko)
いどこ (idoko)
どこ (doko)
Direction こち (kochi)
こなた (konata)		 そち (sochi)
そなた (sonata)		 あち (achi)
あなた (anata)
かなた (kanata)		 いづち (izuchi)
いづら (izura)
いづかた (izukata)
Manner か (ka)
かく (kaku)
かくて (kakute)
かう (kō)		 さ (sa)
さて (sate)
しか (shika)		 いか (ika)
Time いつ (itsu)

Adverb

いずれ • (izure) ←いづれ (idure)?

  1. someday; one day; before long
    何(いず)れにしても（せよ）
    izure ni shite mo (seyo)
    in any event; at any rate
  2. in the end, eventually

Derived terms
Derived terms

Proverbs
  • 何(いず)れ菖蒲(あやめ)か杜若(かきつばた) (izure ayame ka kakitsubata)
  • 何(いず)れを見(み)ても山(やま)家(が)育(そだ)ち (izure o mite mo yamaga sodachi)

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