軍配
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軍配: a samurai using a gunbai uchiwa to signal to his troops.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 軍 | 配 |
| ぐん Grade: 4 |
はい > ばい Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 軍敗 (less, common) |
Etymology
Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 軍 (gun, “army, military, troops”) + 配 (hai, “arrangement, positioning”). The hai changes to bai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
- the act of signaling directions or commands to an armed force
- a person issuing such directions
- the act of advancing or retreating in response to the situation
- the act of changing one's prices in response to the situation: bargaining, haggling
- short for 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa): a lacquered rigid wooden fan used for signaling
- (sumo) any of various signals indicated by a gyoji (sumo referee) using a gunbai uchiwa, including decision of the winner of a bout
- 軍配通り
- gunbai dōri
- as indicated, confirmation of the victory indicated by a referee
- 軍配通り
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 軍配糸蜻蛉 (gunbai itotonbo): a type of damselfly, Platycnemis foliacea sasakii
- 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa): a lacquered rigid wooden fan used for signaling
- 軍配者 (gunbaisha): a person issuing commands to a military force: a commander
- 軍配凧 (gunbaidako): a kite in the shape of a gunbai uchiwa
- 軍配蜻蛉 (gunbai tonbo): a type of damselfly, Platycnemis foliacea sasakii
- 軍配薺 (gunbai nazuna): field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)
- 軍配昼顔 (gunbai hirugao): beach morning glory or goat's foot, a common tropical creeping vine: Ipomoea pes-caprae
- 軍配酸漿 (gunbai hōzuki): the egg sac of marine whelks of family Melongenidae
- 軍配虫 (gunbai mushi): common name for a lace bug, flying insects of family Tingidae
Idioms
Idioms
- 軍配を上げる (gunbai o ageru): “to raise the gunbai (uchiwa)” → to decide in favor of someone, such as in a competition (from the way the gyōji or sumo referee raises the gunbai uchiwa to indicate a win)
- 軍配を返す (gunbai o kaesu): “to turn over the gunbai (uchiwa)” → to signal the start of a sumo match, once the initial start-up positioning time has run out
Synonyms
Verb
軍配する • (gunbai suru) suru (stem 軍配し (gunbai shi), past 軍配した (gunbai shita))
- to signal directions or commands to an armed force
- to advance or retreat in response to the situation
- to change one's prices in response to the situation: to bargain, to haggle
Conjugation
Conjugation of "軍配する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 軍配し | ぐんばいし | gunbai shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 軍配し | ぐんばいし | gunbai shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 軍配する | ぐんばいする | gunbai suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 軍配する | ぐんばいする | gunbai suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 軍配すれ | ぐんばいすれ | gunbai sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 軍配せよ¹ 軍配しろ² |
ぐんばいせよ¹ ぐんばいしろ² |
gunbai seyo¹ gunbai shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 軍配される | ぐんばいされる | gunbai sareru | |
| Causative | 軍配させる 軍配さす |
ぐんばいさせる ぐんばいさす |
gunbai saseru gunbai sasu | |
| Potential | 軍配できる | ぐんばいできる | gunbai dekiru | |
| Volitional | 軍配しよう | ぐんばいしよう | gunbai shiyō | |
| Negative | 軍配しない | ぐんばいしない | gunbai shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 軍配せず | ぐんばいせず | gunbai sezu | |
| Formal | 軍配します | ぐんばいします | gunbai shimasu | |
| Perfective | 軍配した | ぐんばいした | gunbai shita | |
| Conjunctive | 軍配して | ぐんばいして | gunbai shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 軍配すれば | ぐんばいすれば | gunbai sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Synonyms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN