水入らず

Japanese
Kanji in this term
水 入
みず
Grade: 1		 い
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 水 (mizu, “water”) + 入らず (irazu), classical negative of 入る (iru), modern 入る (hairu, “to enter”).[1][2][3][4] The literal meaning of “water doesn't come in” → “without watering down” extended metaphorically.

Pronunciation

Noun

水(みず)入(い)らず • (mizuirazu) ←みづいらず (miduirazu)?

  1. just among the immediately relevant people, without anyone else
    親(おや)子(こ)水(みず)入(い)らずの暮(く)らし
    oyako mizuirazu no kurashi
    parent(s) and child(ren) living together [without anyone else]
    新(しん)婚(こん)旅(りょ)行(こう)は水(みず)入(い)らずで行(い)ったほうがよい。
    Shinkon ryokō wa mizuirazu de itta hō ga yoi.
    Honeymoons are best if you go without anyone else [just the married couple].

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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