虫取り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
虫 取
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
Alternative spellings
蟲取り (kyūjitai)
虫とり

Noun

虫取(むしと)り • (mushitori) 

  1. insect collecting; bug hunting; capturing beetles, butterflies, or other insects

See also

Verb

虫取(むしと)りする • (mushitori suru) suru (stem 虫取(むしと)りし (mushitori shi), past 虫取(むしと)りした (mushitori shita))

  1. to gather or collect insects

Inflection

Conjugation of "虫取りする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 虫取りし むしとりし mushitori shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 虫取りし むしとりし mushitori shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 虫取りする むしとりする mushitori suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 虫取りする むしとりする mushitori suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 虫取りすれ むしとりすれ mushitori sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 虫取りせよ¹
虫取りしろ² 		むしとりせよ¹
むしとりしろ² 		mushitori seyo¹
mushitori shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 虫取りされる むしとりされる mushitori sareru
Causative 虫取りさせる
虫取りさす 		むしとりさせる
むしとりさす 		mushitori saseru
mushitori sasu
Potential 虫取りできる むしとりできる mushitori dekiru
Volitional 虫取りしよう むしとりしよう mushitori shiyō
Negative 虫取りしない むしとりしない mushitori shinai
Negative continuative 虫取りせず むしとりせず mushitori sezu
Formal 虫取りします むしとりします mushitori shimasu
Perfective 虫取りした むしとりした mushitori shita
Conjunctive 虫取りして むしとりして mushitori shite
Hypothetical conditional 虫取りすれば むしとりすれば mushitori sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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