ひっくり返す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
返
かえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

ひっくり返(かえ)す • (hikkurikaesu) ←ひっくりかへす (fikkurikafesu)?godan (stem ひっくり返(かえ)し (hikkurikaeshi), past ひっくり返(かえ)した (hikkurikaeshita))

Japanese verb pair
active ひっくり返す
mediopassive ひっくり返る
  1. to turn something over

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ひっくり返す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ひっくり返さ ひっくりかえさ hikkurikaesa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ひっくり返し ひっくりかえし hikkurikaeshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ひっくり返す ひっくりかえす hikkurikaesu
Rentaikei ("attributive") ひっくり返す ひっくりかえす hikkurikaesu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ひっくり返せ ひっくりかえせ hikkurikaese
Meireikei ("imperative") ひっくり返せ ひっくりかえせ hikkurikaese
Key constructions
Passive ひっくり返される ひっくりかえされる hikkurikaesareru
Causative ひっくり返させる
ひっくり返さす 		ひっくりかえさせる
ひっくりかえさす 		hikkurikaesaseru
hikkurikaesasu
Potential ひっくり返せる ひっくりかえせる hikkurikaeseru
Volitional ひっくり返そう ひっくりかえそう hikkurikaesō
Negative ひっくり返さない ひっくりかえさない hikkurikaesanai
Negative continuative ひっくり返さず ひっくりかえさず hikkurikaesazu
Formal ひっくり返します ひっくりかえします hikkurikaeshimasu
Perfective ひっくり返した ひっくりかえした hikkurikaeshita
Conjunctive ひっくり返して ひっくりかえして hikkurikaeshite
Hypothetical conditional ひっくり返せば ひっくりかえせば hikkurikaeseba

References

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