成る丈

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成 丈
な(る)
Grade: 4 		たけ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
成丈
成るたけ
なるたけ

Etymology

From 成(な)る (naru, “become”) + 丈(たけ) (take, “limit”); a literal English rendering might be "as much as it gets".[1]

First cited in a text from 1769.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なるたけ [nàrú táké] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɾɯ̟ ta̠ke̞]

Adverb

成(な)る丈(たけ) • (naru take) 

  1. [from 1769] as… as possible

Usage notes

Although hardly extinct, this compound may sound a bit old-fashioned compared to alternatives like なるべく, which are increasingly displacing it.

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “成る丈”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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