漉く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
漉
す
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with 鋤く (suku, “to hoe”), from the sense of scooping material through a liquid,[1] and with 透く (suku, “to be seen through; to have cracks through”), from the sense of going through, as the liquid goes through the pulp in the straining phase.[2]

Probably also cognate with 掬う (sukuu, “to scoop up”), 救う (sukuu, “to rescue”).

Pronunciation

Verb

漉(す)く • (suku) transitive godan (stem 漉(す)き (suki), past 漉(す)いた (suita))

  1. to make thin sheets of something by spreading out pulp and drying:
    1. to make paper
      和紙(わし)を漉(す)く
      washi o suku
      to make Japanese paper
    2. to make nori (thin sheets of dried seaweed, used to make sushi)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "漉く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 漉か すか suka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 漉き すき suki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 漉く すく suku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 漉く すく suku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 漉け すけ suke
Meireikei ("imperative") 漉け すけ suke
Key constructions
Passive 漉かれる すかれる sukareru
Causative 漉かせる
漉かす 		すかせる
すかす 		sukaseru
sukasu
Potential 漉ける すける sukeru
Volitional 漉こう すこう sukō
Negative 漉かない すかない sukanai
Negative continuative 漉かず すかず sukazu
Formal 漉きます すきます sukimasu
Perfective 漉いた すいた suita
Conjunctive 漉いて すいて suite
Hypothetical conditional 漉けば すけば sukeba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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