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古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「一いっ層そうここで別わかれよう」の一いっ層そうが、今いまの「いっそ」に近ちかい意い味みになる。

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old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date

文ぶん章しょう

writing; composition; essay; article; passage; prose; style

では、

contrastive で + は; then; well then

grammar

「一いっ層そう

rather; preferably; sooner

here; this place

location, means, cause, or scope marker

別わかれよう」

part; separate; say goodbye

-> 別れるichidan verbvolitional form of わかれる

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

一いっ層そう

rather; preferably; sooner

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately

noun, no-adjective, adverb

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

「いっそ」

rather; might as well; better just

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

closely related; similar; nearly; close to

meaning; significance; sense

noun, suru verb

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

become; get; turn; grow

godan verb, auxiliary