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])[1]
  • 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?

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