敢えて

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敢
あ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
敢て

Etymology

敢(あ)え (ae, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 敢(あ)ふ (afu, “to bear, endure”)) + て (te, conjunctive suffix)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あえて [áꜜètè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [a̠e̞te̞]

Adverb

敢(あ)えて • (aete) ^{←あへて (afete)^?}

going ahead and doing something despite knowing it to be impossible, daring
particularly
あえて難(むずか)しくする
aete muzukashiku suru
to deliberately make it difficult

Related terms

とりあえず (toriaezu, “at once”)

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
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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