一目置く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
一 目 置
いち
Grade: 1 		もく
Grade: 1 		お
Grade: 4
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 一目 (“one stone (in the game of go)”) +‎ 置く (“to put”). The expression originally came from the weaker player in a game of go being allowed to place an extra stone as a handicap.

Verb

一(いち)目(もく)置(お)く • (ichimokuoku) godan (stem 一(いち)目(もく)置(お)き (ichimokuoki), past 一(いち)目(もく)置(お)いた (ichimokuoita))

  1. (idiomatic) to take one's hat off; to acknowledge another's superiority
    だれもが一目置(いちもくお)く人物(じんぶつ　)だ。
    Dare mo ga ichimoku oku jinbutsu da.
    It's the figure that everyone looks up to.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "一目置く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 一目置か いちもくおか ichimokuoka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 一目置き いちもくおき ichimokuoki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 一目置く いちもくおく ichimokuoku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 一目置く いちもくおく ichimokuoku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 一目置け いちもくおけ ichimokuoke
Meireikei ("imperative") 一目置け いちもくおけ ichimokuoke
Key constructions
Passive 一目置かれる いちもくおかれる ichimokuokareru
Causative 一目置かせる
一目置かす 		いちもくおかせる
いちもくおかす 		ichimokuokaseru
ichimokuokasu
Potential 一目置ける いちもくおける ichimokuokeru
Volitional 一目置こう いちもくおこう ichimokuokō
Negative 一目置かない いちもくおかない ichimokuokanai
Negative continuative 一目置かず いちもくおかず ichimokuokazu
Formal 一目置きます いちもくおきます ichimokuokimasu
Perfective 一目置いた いちもくおいた ichimokuoita
Conjunctive 一目置いて いちもくおいて ichimokuoite
Hypothetical conditional 一目置けば いちもくおけば ichimokuokeba
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