なぎたおす

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
薙ぎ倒す
なぎ倒す

Etymology

From 薙(な)ぎ (nagi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 薙(な)ぐ (nagu).”) + 倒(たお)す (taosu).

Pronunciation

Verb

なぎたおす • (nagitaosu) ←なぎたふす (nagitafusu)?godan (stem なぎたおし (nagitaoshi), past なぎたおした (nagitaoshita))

  1. to mow down (cut)
  2. (figuratively) to mow down (defeat)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "なぎたおす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") なぎたおさ nagitaosa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") なぎたおし nagitaoshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") なぎたおす nagitaosu
Rentaikei ("attributive") なぎたおす nagitaosu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") なぎたおせ nagitaose
Meireikei ("imperative") なぎたおせ nagitaose
Key constructions
Passive なぎたおされる nagitaosareru
Causative なぎたおさせる
なぎたおさす 		nagitaosaseru
nagitaosasu
Potential なぎたおせる nagitaoseru
Volitional なぎたおそう nagitaosō
Negative なぎたおさない nagitaosanai
Negative continuative なぎたおさず nagitaosazu
Formal なぎたおします nagitaoshimasu
Perfective なぎたおした nagitaoshita
Conjunctive なぎたおして nagitaoshite
Hypothetical conditional なぎたおせば nagitaoseba

References

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