言いこなす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
言
い
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
言い熟す

Etymology

Compound of 言い (ii, “to say, 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of the verb 言(い)う (iu)”) +‎ こなす (-konasu, “to do something well, completely”)

Pronunciation

Verb

言(い)いこなす • (īkonasu) transitive godan (stem 言(い)いこなし (īkonashi), past 言(い)いこなした (īkonashita))

  1. to express well, to be articulate
    日本語(にほんご)をうまく言(い)いこなす
    nihongo o umaku īkonasu
    to speak Japanese skillfully

Conjugation

Conjugation of "言いこなす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 言いこなさ いいこなさ īkonasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 言いこなし いいこなし īkonashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 言いこなす いいこなす īkonasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 言いこなす いいこなす īkonasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 言いこなせ いいこなせ īkonase
Meireikei ("imperative") 言いこなせ いいこなせ īkonase
Key constructions
Passive 言いこなされる いいこなされる īkonasareru
Causative 言いこなさせる
言いこなさす 		いいこなさせる
いいこなさす 		īkonasaseru
īkonasasu
Potential 言いこなせる いいこなせる īkonaseru
Volitional 言いこなそう いいこなそう īkonasō
Negative 言いこなさない いいこなさない īkonasanai
Negative continuative 言いこなさず いいこなさず īkonasazu
Formal 言いこなします いいこなします īkonashimasu
Perfective 言いこなした いいこなした īkonashita
Conjunctive 言いこなして いいこなして īkonashite
Hypothetical conditional 言いこなせば いいこなせば īkonaseba

References

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