かけあし

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
駆け足
駆足 (dated)
駈け足
駈足 (dated)
馳け足 (dated)
馳足 (dated)
駈歩 (equestrianism)
駆歩 (equestrianism)

Pronunciation

Noun

かけあし • (kakeashi) 

  1. running
  2. (figuratively) being hurried; hurrying
    駆(か)け足(あし)で電(でん)車(しゃ)に乗(の)る
    kakeashi de densha ni noru
    boarding the train in a hurry
  3. 駈歩, 駆歩: (equestrianism) canter, the fastest speed at which a horse moves
    Synonym: キャンター
    Coordinate terms: なみあし, はやあし, かけあし

Verb

かけあしする • (kakeashi suru) suru (stem かけあしし (kakeashi shi), past かけあしした (kakeashi shita))

  1. to run
  2. 駈歩, 駆歩: (equestrianism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "かけあしする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") かけあしし kakeashi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") かけあしし kakeashi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") かけあしする kakeashi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") かけあしする kakeashi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") かけあしすれ kakeashi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") かけあしせよ¹
かけあししろ² 		kakeashi seyo¹
kakeashi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive かけあしされる kakeashi sareru
Causative かけあしさせる
かけあしさす 		kakeashi saseru
kakeashi sasu
Potential かけあしできる kakeashi dekiru
Volitional かけあししよう kakeashi shiyō
Negative かけあししない kakeashi shinai
Negative continuative かけあしせず kakeashi sezu
Formal かけあしします kakeashi shimasu
Perfective かけあしした kakeashi shita
Conjunctive かけあしして kakeashi shite
Hypothetical conditional かけあしすれば kakeashi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “駈歩”, in 競馬用語辞典‎, JRA, (Can we date this quote?)
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