お預け

お預け

Japanese

Kanji in this term
預
あず Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

Honorific prefix お (o-) +‎ 預け (azuke, “entrusting, consigning”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 預ける (azukeru, “to entrust or consign something to someone, such as for safekeeping”)).[1][2]

The senses of o-azuke all derive by extension from the verb's underlying sense of “entrusting”.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) おあずけ [òázúké] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞a̠zɨᵝke̞]

Noun

お預(あず)け • (o-azuke) ^{←おあづけ (oaduke)?}

1. a state of being on hold or delayed

   旅(りょ)行(こう)は当(とう)分(ぶん)お預(あず)けになった

   ryokō wa tōbun o-azuke ni natta

   Our trip has been put on hold for some time → Our trip has been delayed for some time.

   お預(あず)けを食(く)う

   o-azuke o kuu

   to eat an entrustment → to be forced to put up with a delay

2. the act of putting a food item or other treat in front of a dog and making the dog wait
3. the act of entrusting a person, especially a prisoner, into the care of someone else for purposes of imprisonment or punishment
4. a person put into the care of someone else
5. (historical) during the Edo period, a daimyo or other retainer of the shogun put into the care of another daimyo's household for purposes of confinement or imprisonment

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN