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Proto-Japanese: *kánáransu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: necessarily, certainly
Russian meaning: обязательно
Old Japanese: kanarazu
Middle Japanese: kánárazu
Tokyo: kanarazu
Comments: Formally kanarazu is a negation of kanari 'enough' ('not enough' > 'necessarily'). The latter is not attested in RJ, and the modern dialects speak rather in favour of *kànárì.
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