ましてや

Japanese

Alternative spelling
況してや

Etymology

まして (mashite, “to say nothing of”) + や (ya, adverb emphasising particle)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ましてや [máꜜshìtèyà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɕite̞ja̠]

Adverb

ましてや • (mashiteya) 

  1. alternative form of まして (mashite, “to say nothing of”)

References

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