東奔西走

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See also: 东奔西走

Chinese

east
go to; towards; to hurry or rush
go to; towards; to hurry or rush; to run quickly; to elope
 
 west
to walk; to go; to move
to walk; to go; to move; to leave
 
trad. (東奔西走) 東 奔 西 走
simp. (东奔西走) 东 奔 西 走

Pronunciation

Idiom

東奔西走

  1. to rush about busily; to busy oneself; to run about; to be on the move

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東 奔 西 走
とう
Grade: 2 		ほん
Grade: S 		せい
Grade: 2 		そう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

東(とう)奔(ほん)西(せい)走(そう) • (tōhonseisō) 

  1. busying oneself, running about

Verb

東(とう)奔(ほん)西(せい)走(そう)する • (tōhonseisō suru) suru (stem 東(とう)奔(ほん)西(せい)走(そう)し (tōhonseisō shi), past 東(とう)奔(ほん)西(せい)走(そう)した (tōhonseisō shita))

  1. busy oneself, run about, be on the move

Conjugation

Conjugation of "東奔西走する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 東奔西走し とうほんせいそうし tōhonseisō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 東奔西走し とうほんせいそうし tōhonseisō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 東奔西走する とうほんせいそうする tōhonseisō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 東奔西走する とうほんせいそうする tōhonseisō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 東奔西走すれ とうほんせいそうすれ tōhonseisō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 東奔西走せよ¹
東奔西走しろ² 		とうほんせいそうせよ¹
とうほんせいそうしろ² 		tōhonseisō seyo¹
tōhonseisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 東奔西走される とうほんせいそうされる tōhonseisō sareru
Causative 東奔西走させる
東奔西走さす 		とうほんせいそうさせる
とうほんせいそうさす 		tōhonseisō saseru
tōhonseisō sasu
Potential 東奔西走できる とうほんせいそうできる tōhonseisō dekiru
Volitional 東奔西走しよう とうほんせいそうしよう tōhonseisō shiyō
Negative 東奔西走しない とうほんせいそうしない tōhonseisō shinai
Negative continuative 東奔西走せず とうほんせいそうせず tōhonseisō sezu
Formal 東奔西走します とうほんせいそうします tōhonseisō shimasu
Perfective 東奔西走した とうほんせいそうした tōhonseisō shita
Conjunctive 東奔西走して とうほんせいそうして tōhonseisō shite
Hypothetical conditional 東奔西走すれば とうほんせいそうすれば tōhonseisō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  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

Korean

Hanja in this term
東奔西走

Noun

東奔西走 • (dongbunseoju) (hangeul 동분서주)

  1. hanja form? of 동분서주 (“busying oneself, running about”)
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