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あたで : atade | define meaning

atade

Definition

Adverb

Suddenly; immediately; right away; at once
1. あたでいなでけん
  atadeina deken
  "suddenly unable (to do something)"

Etymology

Cognate with Kumamoto あたじゃ ataja; Kagoshima あたで atade and あたでい atadei "suddenly"; Miyazaki あだで adade and あたでえ atadee; Okinawan and Yaeyama (Hatoma) あったに attani "immediately"; as well as the Middle Japanese term あただ atada "very, awful; sudden" and あただに atadani "very, awfully; namely; suddenly". Distantly related to the standard Japanese expression あたかも【恰も・宛も】 atakamo and its variants あだかも adakamo "as it were; at that moment".

Notes

Variant:

あたでい atadei

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kana	あたで
Romanization	atade

意味：にわかに【俄かに・俄に】、きゅうに【急に】、すぐに【直ぐに】、ただちに【直ちに】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 16). あたで : atade | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 18, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/5019/atade/.