はぐらかす

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Verb

はぐらかす • (hagurakasu) transitive godan (stem はぐらかし (hagurakashi), past はぐらかした (hagurakashita))

Japanese verb pair
active はぐらかす
mediopassive 逸れる
  1. to dodge (a question), to evade, to sidestep
    質問(しつもん)をはぐらかす
    shitsumon o hagurakasu
    to dodge questions

Conjugation

Conjugation of "はぐらかす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") はぐらかさ hagurakasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") はぐらかし hagurakashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") はぐらかす hagurakasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") はぐらかす hagurakasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") はぐらかせ hagurakase
Meireikei ("imperative") はぐらかせ hagurakase
Key constructions
Passive はぐらかされる hagurakasareru
Causative はぐらかさせる
はぐらかさす 		hagurakasaseru
hagurakasasu
Potential はぐらかせる hagurakaseru
Volitional はぐらかそう hagurakasō
Negative はぐらかさない hagurakasanai
Negative continuative はぐらかさず hagurakasazu
Formal はぐらかします hagurakashimasu
Perfective はぐらかした hagurakashita
Conjunctive はぐらかして hagurakashite
Hypothetical conditional はぐらかせば hagurakaseba

References

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