囁く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
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 さや
Imperative (命令形) 囁け さや
Key constructions
Passive 囁かれる さやかれ
Causative 囁かせる さやかせ
Potential 囁ける さやけ
Volitional 囁こう さやこ
Negative 囁かない さやかない
Negative perfective 囁かなかった さやかなかった
Formal 囁きます さやきま
Perfective 囁いた さやいた
Conjunctive 囁いて さやいて
Hypothetical conditional 囁けば さやけば

Verb

(ささや) (sasayakuintransitive godan (stem (ささや) (sasayaki), past (ささや)いた (sasayaita))

  1. to whisper; to murmur

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

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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