終ぞ

終ぞ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終
つい Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Of 終(つい) (tsui, “end”, noun) with the emphatic particle ぞ (zo).[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) つ​いぞ [tsúꜜìzò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝizo̞]

Adverb

終(つい)ぞ • (tsuizo) ^{←つひぞ (tufizo)?}

1. (chiefly in the negative) (not) ever, at all
   • 1983, 楠山正雄(くすやままさお) [Kusuyama Masao], 白(しろ)い鳥(とり) (Shiroi Tori) [White Bird]‎:

     すぐうしろの松(まつ)の木(き)の枝(えだ)に、ついぞ見(み)たこともないような、美(うつく)しい真(ま)っ白(しろ)な着(き)物(もの)が掛(か)けてありました。

     Sugu ushiro no matsu no ki no eda ni, tsuizo mita koto mo nai yō na, utsukushī masshiro na kimono ga kakete-arimashita.

     Just behind on the branch of a pine tree hung a beautiful pure white kimono such has I had never seen.

Synonyms

• ついに (tsuini, “(not) ever, in the end”)
• いまだかつて (imadakatsute, “never before now”)
• 一(いち)度(ど)も (ichidomo, “even one time”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN