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jmdict 2613280 Active (id: 2286165)

いっそ [ichi1]
1. [adv]
▶ rather
▶ sooner
▶ preferably
▶ might as well
▶ just
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2613080 いっその事【いっそのこと】 1. rather; sooner; preferably
  ⇐ see: 1164340 一層【いっそう】 4. rather; sooner; preferably
2. [adv]
▶ on the contrary
▶ if anything



History:
8. A 2023-12-21 22:45:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2023-12-20 23:55:43  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs (sense 2): 予想に反した事を述べるときに用いる。かえって。反対に。「近ごろは角帽をかぶった学生のほうが—異様だ」
  Comments:
Those glosses are sense 1.
Daijs's sense 2 doesn't appear to be in the other refs.
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,2 @@
+<gloss>might as well</gloss>
+<gloss>just</gloss>
@@ -16,3 +18,2 @@
-<gloss>just</gloss>
-<gloss>simply</gloss>
-<gloss>might as well</gloss>
+<gloss>on the contrary</gloss>
+<gloss>if anything</gloss>
6. A* 2023-12-19 09:12:15 
  Refs:
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/いっそ/#jn-13439
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/いっそ/#je-3863
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,6 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<gloss>just</gloss>
+<gloss>simply</gloss>
+<gloss>might as well</gloss>
5. A 2022-12-24 01:20:12  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2022-12-24 00:40:57  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think the note is needed. The source is meikyo, which has a "古くは「一層」とも書いた" note. Daijs and koj simply say that the word probably comes from 一層/いっそう.
  Diff:
@@ -10 +9,0 @@
-<s_inf>formerly written as 一層</s_inf>
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