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間髪おかず間髪置かず
かんはつおかずかんぱつおかず [ik]
1. [exp] [col]
▶ immediately
▶ instantly
▶ with nary a pause
▶ without a moment's delay
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1867250 間髪を入れず 1. immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay



History:
2. A 2022-12-17 22:05:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2022-12-15 22:10:40  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo (entry for 間髪を容れず): 「間髪(を)置かず」は俗用。

I see several usages on twitter within the past 24 hours.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
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│ 間髪おかず  │ 2,144 │
│ 間髪置かず  │ 1,484 │
│ 間髪をおかず │   818 │
│ 間髪を置かず │   720 │
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