先延ばし

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先 延
さき
Grade: 1 		の
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

先(さき)延(の)ばし • (sakinobashi) 

  1. procrastination, putting off
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      だが、いつまでも先延(さきの)ばしにしたところで問題(もんだい)は解消(かいしょう)しない。
      Da ga, itsu made mo sakinobashi ni shita tokoro de mondai wa kaishō shinai.
      But endless delay won’t make the problem go away.

Verb

先(さき)延(の)ばしする • (sakinobashi suru) suru (stem 先(さき)延(の)ばしし (sakinobashi shi), past 先(さき)延(の)ばしした (sakinobashi shita))

  1. put off, delay

Conjugation

Conjugation of "先延ばしする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 先延ばしし さきのばしし sakinobashi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 先延ばしし さきのばしし sakinobashi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 先延ばしする さきのばしする sakinobashi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 先延ばしする さきのばしする sakinobashi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 先延ばしすれ さきのばしすれ sakinobashi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 先延ばしせよ¹
先延ばししろ² 		さきのばしせよ¹
さきのばししろ² 		sakinobashi seyo¹
sakinobashi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 先延ばしされる さきのばしされる sakinobashi sareru
Causative 先延ばしさせる
先延ばしさす 		さきのばしさせる
さきのばしさす 		sakinobashi saseru
sakinobashi sasu
Potential 先延ばしできる さきのばしできる sakinobashi dekiru
Volitional 先延ばししよう さきのばししよう sakinobashi shiyō
Negative 先延ばししない さきのばししない sakinobashi shinai
Negative continuative 先延ばしせず さきのばしせず sakinobashi sezu
Formal 先延ばしします さきのばしします sakinobashi shimasu
Perfective 先延ばしした さきのばしした sakinobashi shita
Conjunctive 先延ばしして さきのばしして sakinobashi shite
Hypothetical conditional 先延ばしすれば さきのばしすれば sakinobashi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
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