逃がす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
逃
に
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
逃す

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「逃がす」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		逃がす にがす
Imperative (命令形) 逃がせ にがせ
Key constructions
Passive 逃がされる にがされる
Causative 逃がさせる にがさせる
Potential 逃がせる にがせる
Volitional 逃がそう にがそー
Negative 逃がさない にがさない
Negative perfective 逃がさなかった にがさなかった
Formal 逃がします にがします
Perfective 逃がした にがした
Conjunctive 逃がして にがして
Hypothetical conditional 逃がせば にがせば

Verb

逃(に)がす • (nigasu) transitive godan (stem 逃(に)がし (nigashi), past 逃(に)がした (nigashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 逃がす
mediopassive 逃げる
  1. to let go; to set free
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      彼(かれ)は亀(かめ)を海(うみ)へ逃(に)がしてやった
      kare wa kame o umi e nigashite yatta
      He set the turtle free into the ocean
  2. to fail to catch; to miss; to let get away
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      逃(に)がさん
      nigasan
      You won't get away

Conjugation

Conjugation of "逃がす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 逃がさ にがさ nigasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 逃がし にがし nigashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 逃がす にがす nigasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 逃がす にがす nigasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 逃がせ にがせ nigase
Meireikei ("imperative") 逃がせ にがせ nigase
Key constructions
Passive 逃がされる にがされる nigasareru
Causative 逃がさせる
逃がさす 		にがさせる
にがさす 		nigasaseru
nigasasu
Potential 逃がせる にがせる nigaseru
Volitional 逃がそう にがそう nigasō
Negative 逃がさない にがさない nigasanai
Negative continuative 逃がさず にがさず nigasazu
Formal 逃がします にがします nigashimasu
Perfective 逃がした にがした nigashita
Conjunctive 逃がして にがして nigashite
Hypothetical conditional 逃がせば にがせば nigaseba
Classical conjugation of "逃がす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 逃がさ にがさ nigasa
Continuative (連用形) 逃がし にがし nigasi
Terminal (終止形) 逃がす にがす nigasu
Attributive (連体形) 逃がす にがす nigasu
Realis (已然形) 逃がせ にがせ nigase
Imperative (命令形) 逃がせ にがせ nigase
Key constructions
Negative 逃がさず にがさず nigasazu
Contrasting conjunction 逃がせど にがせど nigasedo
Causal conjunction 逃がせば にがせば nigaseba
Conditional conjunction 逃がさば にがさば nigasaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 逃がしき にがしき nigasiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 逃がしけり にがしけり nigasikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 逃がしつ にがしつ nigasitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 逃がしぬ にがしぬ nigasinu
Perfect-continuative tense 逃がせり
逃がしたり		 にがせり
にがしたり		 nigaseri
nigasitari
Volitional 逃がさむ にがさむ nigasamu

References

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