まったなし

Japanese
Alternative spellings
待った無し
待ったなし

Etymology

From 待(ま)った (matta) + 無(な)し (nashi).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) まったな​し [màttánáꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) まったなし [màttánáshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t̚ta̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

まったなし • (matta-nashi) ←まつたなし (matuta-nasi)?

  1. (competition) "now or never!", "time's up!"
  2. (by extension) no longer able to postpone matters
    待(ま)ったなしの状(じょう)況(きょう)
    mattanashi no jōkyō
    a situation where action must be taken now

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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