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Why do many adverbs end with ず?

Japanese Language Asked by jrpear on December 4, 2021

A quick search on jisho.org reveals that many of the first page results of words that end with a ず are adverbs. So this type of adverb is common.

In fact, it’s true (at least for these first page results) that a word is an adverb if and only if the final ず is written in kana instead of being part of the reading of a kanji.

This doesn’t seem like a coincidence.

I know that ず was historically a negative conjugation (per this question), but I can’t really why that would make it a common adverb ending.

Does anyone know why this might be the case?

One Answer

I don't think so many adverbs with ず in Japanese adverbs but I find some examples of Japanese adverbs with "ず" at the end of a word are;

Group A: ず means negative conjugation あいかわらず (as not changed) あしからず (do not treat it as bad thing) おもいがけず (as not supposed) おもわず (as not supposed)

Group B: ず is a part of Mimetic word うずうず (itchy) ぐずぐず (tardily)

Adverbs are changed shape of verb. Above Group A is changed with negative form of verbs.

Answered by Keisuke on December 4, 2021

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