くいしばる

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
食い縛る

Etymology

From 食(く)い (kui, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 食(く)う (kū).”) + 縛(しば)る (shibaru).

Pronunciation

Verb

くいしばる • (kuishibaru) ←くひしばる (kufisibaru)?godan (stem くいしばり (kuishibari), past くいしばった (kuishibatta))

  1. to clench one's teeth

Conjugation

Conjugation of "くいしばる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") くいしばら kuishibara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") くいしばり kuishibari
Shūshikei ("terminal") くいしばる kuishibaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") くいしばる kuishibaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") くいしばれ kuishibare
Meireikei ("imperative") くいしばれ kuishibare
Key constructions
Passive くいしばられる kuishibarareru
Causative くいしばらせる
くいしばらす 		kuishibaraseru
kuishibarasu
Potential くいしばれる kuishibareru
Volitional くいしばろう kuishibarō
Negative くいしばらない kuishibaranai
Negative continuative くいしばらず kuishibarazu
Formal くいしばります kuishibarimasu
Perfective くいしばった kuishibatta
Conjunctive くいしばって kuishibatte
Hypothetical conditional くいしばれば kuishibareba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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