しなう

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
撓う

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

しなう • (shinau) ←しなふ (sinafu)?godan (stem しない (shinai), past しなった (shinatta))

  1. to bend under weight

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しなう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しなわ shinawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しない shinai
Shūshikei ("terminal") しなう shinau
Rentaikei ("attributive") しなう shinau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しなえ shinae
Meireikei ("imperative") しなえ shinae
Key constructions
Passive しなわれる shinawareru
Causative しなわせる
しなわす 		shinawaseru
shinawasu
Potential しなえる shinaeru
Volitional しなおう shinaō
Negative しなわない shinawanai
Negative continuative しなわず shinawazu
Formal しないます shinaimasu
Perfective しなった shinatta
Conjunctive しなって shinatte
Hypothetical conditional しなえば shinaeba

References

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