あしからず

Japanese

Alternative spellings
悪しからず
不悪

Etymology

Negative of 悪(あ)し (ashi, “bad”, classical adjective).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あしからず [àshíkáꜜràzù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɕi̥ka̠ɾa̠zɨ]

Phrase

あしからず • (ashikarazu) 

  1. unfortunately
  2. a set phrase typically used at the end of letters, prefaces, etc. asking the reader not to take the writer’s words badly

Adjective

あしからず • (ashikarazu) 

  1. (Classical Japanese) negative of あし

References

  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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