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What does いっそ mean?
What does いっそ mean?
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ややリスクのある提案や選択を思い切ってする様子です。
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仕事行くの嫌だし、いっそ辞めよう。
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会社に不満があるのなら、いっそ辞めたら？
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@PgNezuko
「いっそ」の辞書情報です。
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%84%E3%...
通常、次の意味で使われることが多いと思われます。
（１）
中途半端な状態を排して思いきったことを選ぶときに用いる。
とやかく言わないで。
むしろ。
いっそのこと。
・そんな絵ならいっそ掛けないほうがましだ。
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「いっそ」に関する他の情報です。
https://wisdom-box.com/origin/a/isso/
「いっそのこと、辞めちゃえば」のように使われる「いっそのこと」という表現があります。
「いっそ」にはいくつか意味がありますが、「いっそのこと」で使う場合は「とやかく言わないで」「むしろ」「中途半端にしないで」という意味で使われています。
「いっそ」がこの意味になったのは、語源が「一層（いっそう）」だったからのようです。「一層」の音が変化して「いっそ」になったという説が有力なので、
意味としては「一層～する」→「より～する」→「中途半端をやめて、思い切り～する」
というような変遷をたどったことが推測されます。
何かに迷ったりしているときに「いっそのこと、～しちゃえば」と言われると、少し勇気が出る気がします。
etc.
とあります。
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@PgNezuko
「いっそ」に関する他の情報です。
https://kokugo.jitenon.jp/word/p2877
状況を変化させるために大胆な方法を選ぶ様子。
いっそのこと。
思い切って。
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@PgNezuko
「いっそ」に関する英語表現情報です。
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https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%84%E3%81%...
その仕事はよほどいっそやめようかと思った。
I had half a mind to throw up the work.
その仕事はいっそやめようかと思った。
I had half a mind to throw in the towel.
物事を半途に知るくらいならいっそ知らぬ方がよい。
One may as well know nothing as know things by halves.
物事を半途にするくらいならいっそ手を付けぬ方がましだ。
If you do things by halves, you had better leave them alone.
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https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E3%81%84%...
こんな仕事をするくらいならいっそ死んだほうがよい。
I would rather sooner die than do such work.
いっそのこと学校を退学してしまおうか
I wonder if I hadn't better leave school.
人を裏切るくらいならいっそ貧乏でいたほうがよい
I prefer poverty to treachery.
いっそ外国へ行ってしまおうよ。
Why not just go abroad?
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You're welcome.
お役に立てれば、幸いです。
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