きりきり舞い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
舞
ま
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of きりきり +‎ 舞い

Pronunciation

Noun

きりきり舞(ま)い • (kirikirimai) 

  1. panicking; rushing around in a fluster; working in a panic
    Synonym: てんてこ舞い

Verb

きりきり舞(ま)いする • (kirikirimai suru) suru (stem きりきり舞(ま)いし (kirikirimai shi), past きりきり舞(ま)いした (kirikirimai shita))

  1. to panic; to rush around in a fluster
    あの人(ひと)が毎(まい)日(にち)きりきり舞(ま)いをしている。
    Ano hito ga mainichi kirikirimai o shiteiru.
    That person rushes around every day.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "きりきり舞いする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") きりきり舞いし きりきりまいし kirikirimai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") きりきり舞いし きりきりまいし kirikirimai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") きりきり舞いする きりきりまいする kirikirimai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") きりきり舞いする きりきりまいする kirikirimai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") きりきり舞いすれ きりきりまいすれ kirikirimai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") きりきり舞いせよ¹
きりきり舞いしろ² 		きりきりまいせよ¹
きりきりまいしろ² 		kirikirimai seyo¹
kirikirimai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive きりきり舞いされる きりきりまいされる kirikirimai sareru
Causative きりきり舞いさせる
きりきり舞いさす 		きりきりまいさせる
きりきりまいさす 		kirikirimai saseru
kirikirimai sasu
Potential きりきり舞いできる きりきりまいできる kirikirimai dekiru
Volitional きりきり舞いしよう きりきりまいしよう kirikirimai shiyō
Negative きりきり舞いしない きりきりまいしない kirikirimai shinai
Negative continuative きりきり舞いせず きりきりまいせず kirikirimai sezu
Formal きりきり舞いします きりきりまいします kirikirimai shimasu
Perfective きりきり舞いした きりきりまいした kirikirimai shita
Conjunctive きりきり舞いして きりきりまいして kirikirimai shite
Hypothetical conditional きりきり舞いすれば きりきりまいすれば kirikirimai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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