まんびき
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Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 万引き 万引 |
Etymology
/mabiki/ → /maɴbiki/
Shift from 間引き (mabiki, “thinning out”), from verb 間引く (mabiku, “to thin out seedlings; to pull out items from the middle”). The original term first referred to the process of culling seedlings. Over time, this was used more euphemistically to refer to a shoplifter "thinning out" a store's merchandise.
First attested as manbiki in a text from 1831.
The use of 万 to spell the man portion is an example of ateji (当て字).
Pronunciation
Noun
Verb
まんびきする • (manbiki suru) suru (stem まんびきし (manbikisuru shi), past まんびきした (manbikisuru shita))
- to shoplift
Conjugation
Conjugation of "まんびきする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | まんびきし | manbiki shi | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | まんびきし | manbiki shi | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | まんびきする | manbiki suru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | まんびきする | manbiki suru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | まんびきすれ | manbiki sure | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | まんびきせよ¹ まんびきしろ² |
manbiki seyo¹ manbiki shiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | まんびきされる | manbiki sareru | ||
| Causative | まんびきさせる まんびきさす |
manbiki saseru manbiki sasu | ||
| Potential | まんびきできる | manbiki dekiru | ||
| Volitional | まんびきしよう | manbiki shiyō | ||
| Negative | まんびきしない | manbiki shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | まんびきせず | manbiki sezu | ||
| Formal | まんびきします | manbiki shimasu | ||
| Perfective | まんびきした | manbiki shita | ||
| Conjunctive | まんびきして | manbiki shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | まんびきすれば | manbiki sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “万引”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Further reading
- Entry at Gogen Allguide (in Japanese)