いたれりつくせり

Japanese

Alternative spelling
至れり尽くせり

Alternative forms

• (misconstruction) いたりつくせり (itari tsukuseri)

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 至矣盡矣, from Zhuangzi. From 至(いた)れり (itareri, classical perfect-continuative tense of 至(いた)る (itaru, yodan verb)) + 尽(つ)くせり (tsukuseri, classical perfect-continuative tense of 尽(つ)くす (tsukusu, yodan verb)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ita̠ɾe̞ɾʲi t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝse̞ɾʲi]

Noun

いたれりつくせり • (itareri tsukuseri) 

1. of immaculate thoroughness