爪弾く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
爪 弾
つま
Grade: S 		ひ > び
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
爪彈く (kyūjitai)
爪引く

Etymology

Compound of 爪 (tsuma, “nail”) +‎ 弾く (biku, “to play (instrument)”). The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Verb

爪(つま)弾(び)く • (tsumabiku) godan (stem 爪(つま)弾(び)き (tsumabiki), past 爪(つま)弾(び)いた (tsumabiita))

  1. to play a musical instrument with the fingertips

Conjugation

Conjugation of "爪弾く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 爪弾か つまびか tsumabika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 爪弾き つまびき tsumabiki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 爪弾く つまびく tsumabiku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 爪弾く つまびく tsumabiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 爪弾け つまびけ tsumabike
Meireikei ("imperative") 爪弾け つまびけ tsumabike
Key constructions
Passive 爪弾かれる つまびかれる tsumabikareru
Causative 爪弾かせる
爪弾かす 		つまびかせる
つまびかす 		tsumabikaseru
tsumabikasu
Potential 爪弾ける つまびける tsumabikeru
Volitional 爪弾こう つまびこう tsumabikō
Negative 爪弾かない つまびかない tsumabikanai
Negative continuative 爪弾かず つまびかず tsumabikazu
Formal 爪弾きます つまびきます tsumabikimasu
Perfective 爪弾いた つまびいた tsumabiita
Conjunctive 爪弾いて つまびいて tsumabiite
Hypothetical conditional 爪弾けば つまびけば tsumabikeba

References

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