爪の垢を煎じて飲む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
爪 垢 煎 飲
つめ
Grade: S 		あか
Hyōgai 		せん
Grade: S 		の
Grade: 3
kun'yomi on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
爪の垢を煎じて飮む (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 爪(つめ) (tsume, “nail”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 垢(あか) (aka, “dirt”) + を (o, accusative case particle) + 煎(せん)じて (senjite, te form of 煎(せん)じる (senjiru, “to boil”)) + 飲(の)む (nomu, “to drink”). Literally, “to boil the dirt under (somebody's) fingernails and drink it (so that you may become like them)”.

Verb

爪(つめ)の垢(あか)を煎(せん)じて飲(の)む • (tsume no aka o senjite nomu) godan (stem 爪(つめ)の垢(あか)を煎(せん)じて飲(の)み (tsume no aka o senjite nomi), past 爪(つめ)の垢(あか)を煎(せん)じて飲(の)んだ (tsume no aka o senjite nonda))

  1. (idiomatic) learn something (from someone serving as an example), follow in someone's footsteps

Conjugation

Conjugation of "爪の垢を煎じて飲む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 爪の垢を煎じて飲ま つめのあかをせんじてのま tsume no aka o senjite noma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 爪の垢を煎じて飲み つめのあかをせんじてのみ tsume no aka o senjite nomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 爪の垢を煎じて飲む つめのあかをせんじてのむ tsume no aka o senjite nomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 爪の垢を煎じて飲む つめのあかをせんじてのむ tsume no aka o senjite nomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 爪の垢を煎じて飲め つめのあかをせんじてのめ tsume no aka o senjite nome
Meireikei ("imperative") 爪の垢を煎じて飲め つめのあかをせんじてのめ tsume no aka o senjite nome
Key constructions
Passive 爪の垢を煎じて飲まれる つめのあかをせんじてのまれる tsume no aka o senjite nomareru
Causative 爪の垢を煎じて飲ませる
爪の垢を煎じて飲ます 		つめのあかをせんじてのませる
つめのあかをせんじてのます 		tsume no aka o senjite nomaseru
tsume no aka o senjite nomasu
Potential 爪の垢を煎じて飲める つめのあかをせんじてのめる tsume no aka o senjite nomeru
Volitional 爪の垢を煎じて飲もう つめのあかをせんじてのもう tsume no aka o senjite nomō
Negative 爪の垢を煎じて飲まない つめのあかをせんじてのまない tsume no aka o senjite nomanai
Negative continuative 爪の垢を煎じて飲まず つめのあかをせんじてのまず tsume no aka o senjite nomazu
Formal 爪の垢を煎じて飲みます つめのあかをせんじてのみます tsume no aka o senjite nomimasu
Perfective 爪の垢を煎じて飲んだ つめのあかをせんじてのんだ tsume no aka o senjite nonda
Conjunctive 爪の垢を煎じて飲んで つめのあかをせんじてのんで tsume no aka o senjite nonde
Hypothetical conditional 爪の垢を煎じて飲めば つめのあかをせんじてのめば tsume no aka o senjite nomeba
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