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いっそのこと (issonokoto) Japanese meaning: rather | Kotomora
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こんな に 遅おく れる なら 、 いっそ の こと 会かい 議ぎ を 延えん 期き しよう 。
If we're going to be this late, let's just postpone the meeting.
Rather than fixing it halfway, it would be better to just buy a new one.
Usage patterns いっその 事こと 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 てしまおう why not just go ahead and do X (and be done with it)
This company is hopeless—I might as well just quit.
いっその 事こと 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 たほうがいい it would be better to just do X outright
If you're hesitating, you might as well just buy it.
いっその 事こと 〈 事こと 〉 ことにする to decide to just go with the more drastic option of X
Since the talks were dragging on, we decided to just cancel it altogether.
Kanji 層 stratum, social class, layer Related words いっそ is a shorter, somewhat more literary form with the same meaning, while いっその事 is the more conversational, emphatic version.
むしろ simply weighs one option as preferable to another, whereas いっその事 pushes for a bolder, more drastic alternative.
Written forms いっその 事こと
Kanji spelling using 事; less common but seen in some writing.
一層いっそ の 事こと
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
Etymology Derived from いっそ (itself from 一層) with the addition of の事, literally 'the thing of doing it all the more'. The exact historical development is uncertain, but it serves as an adverbial phrase emphasizing a preferred alternative.
