立ち聞き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
立 聞
た
Grade: 1 		き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 立ち (tachi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 立つ tatsu “to stand”) +‎ 聞き (kiki, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 聞く kiku “to hear, to listen”).[1][2] The kiki changes to giki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

立(た)ち聞(ぎ)き • (tachigiki) 

  1. eavesdropping
  2. a type of bit ring found in Japanese riding tack: a ring on either end of the bit that goes into a horse's mouth, used to attach the bridle, or used purely decoratively to attach tassels
    This is not the rein ring, to which the reins are attached.
    The derivation of this sense is unknown.

Synonyms

Verb

立(た)ち聞(ぎ)きする • (tachigiki suru) suru (stem 立(た)ち聞(ぎ)きし (tachigiki shi), past 立(た)ち聞(ぎ)きした (tachigiki shita))

  1. to eavesdrop

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
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