棒引き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
棒 引
ぼう
Grade: 6 		ひ > び
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

棒(ぼう) (bō) + 引(ひ)き (hiki). The hiki changes to biki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

棒(ぼう)引(び)き • (bōbiki) ←ばうびき (baubiki)?

  1. drawing a straight line
  2. writing off, cancelling out (debt)
  3. Synonym of 長音符 (chōonpu, “long-vowel mark”)

Derived terms

Verb

棒(ぼう)引(び)きする • (bōbiki suru) ←ばうびき (baubiki)?suru (stem 棒(ぼう)引(び)きし (bōbiki shi), past 棒(ぼう)引(び)きした (bōbiki shita))

  1. to draw a straight line
  2. to write off, to cancel out (debt)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "棒引きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 棒引きし ぼうびきし bōbiki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 棒引きし ぼうびきし bōbiki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 棒引きする ぼうびきする bōbiki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 棒引きする ぼうびきする bōbiki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 棒引きすれ ぼうびきすれ bōbiki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 棒引きせよ¹
棒引きしろ² 		ぼうびきせよ¹
ぼうびきしろ² 		bōbiki seyo¹
bōbiki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 棒引きされる ぼうびきされる bōbiki sareru
Causative 棒引きさせる
棒引きさす 		ぼうびきさせる
ぼうびきさす 		bōbiki saseru
bōbiki sasu
Potential 棒引きできる ぼうびきできる bōbiki dekiru
Volitional 棒引きしよう ぼうびきしよう bōbiki shiyō
Negative 棒引きしない ぼうびきしない bōbiki shinai
Negative continuative 棒引きせず ぼうびきせず bōbiki sezu
Formal 棒引きします ぼうびきします bōbiki shimasu
Perfective 棒引きした ぼうびきした bōbiki shita
Conjunctive 棒引きして ぼうびきして bōbiki shite
Hypothetical conditional 棒引きすれば ぼうびきすれば bōbiki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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