囁く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
囁
ささや
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
私語く

Etymology

ささ (sasa, an onomatopoeia[1][2]) + やく (-yaku, a verb-forming suffix attaching to mimetic words[2])

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「囁く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		囁く ささやく
Imperative (命令形) 囁け ささやけ
Key constructions
Passive 囁かれる ささやかれる
Causative 囁かせる ささやかせる
Potential 囁ける ささやける
Volitional 囁こう ささやこー
Negative 囁かない ささやかない
Negative perfective 囁かなかった ささやかなかった
Formal 囁きます ささやきます
Perfective 囁いた ささやいた
Conjunctive 囁いて ささやいて
Hypothetical conditional 囁けば ささやけば

Verb

囁(ささや)く • (sasayaku) intransitive godan (stem 囁(ささや)き (sasayaki), past 囁(ささや)いた (sasayaita))

  1. to whisper; to murmur

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "囁く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 囁か ささやか sasayaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 囁き ささやき sasayaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 囁く ささやく sasayaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 囁く ささやく sasayaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 囁け ささやけ sasayake
Meireikei ("imperative") 囁け ささやけ sasayake
Key constructions
Passive 囁かれる ささやかれる sasayakareru
Causative 囁かせる
囁かす 		ささやかせる
ささやかす 		sasayakaseru
sasayakasu
Potential 囁ける ささやける sasayakeru
Volitional 囁こう ささやこう sasayakō
Negative 囁かない ささやかない sasayakanai
Negative continuative 囁かず ささやかず sasayakazu
Formal 囁きます ささやきます sasayakimasu
Perfective 囁いた ささやいた sasayaita
Conjunctive 囁いて ささやいて sasayaite
Hypothetical conditional 囁けば ささやけば sasayakeba

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →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
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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