ひっこす

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
引っ越す
引越す
引っこす

Etymology

Compound of 引き (hiki, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 引く (hiku)) +‎ 越す (kosu). The き becomes っ due to 促音便(そくおんびん) (sokuonbin).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「引っ越す
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
引っ越す っこ
Imperative (命令形) 引っ越せ っこ
Key constructions
Passive 引っ越される っこされ
Causative 引っ越させる っこさせ
Potential 引っ越せる っこせ
Volitional 引っ越そう っこそ
Negative 引っ越さない っこさない
Negative perfective 引っ越さなかった っこさなかった
Formal 引っ越します っこしま
Perfective 引っ越した っこした
Conjunctive 引っ越して っこして
Hypothetical conditional 引っ越せば っこせば

Verb

ひっこす (hikkosuintransitive godan (stem ひっこし (hikkoshi), past ひっこした (hikkoshita))

  1. to move house, to change residence
    (おお)(さか)から(とう)(きょう)()()
    Ōsaka kara Tōkyō e hikkosu
    to move from Osaka to Tokyo

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN