鍵を握る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鍵 握
かぎ
Grade: S 		にぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

鍵(かぎ)を握(にぎ)る • (kagi o nigiru) godan (stem 鍵(かぎ)を握(にぎ)り (kagi o nigiri), past 鍵(かぎ)を握(にぎ)った (kagi o nigitta))

  1. (idiomatic) to hold the key (to)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "鍵を握る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 鍵を握ら かぎをにぎら kagi o nigira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 鍵を握り かぎをにぎり kagi o nigiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 鍵を握る かぎをにぎる kagi o nigiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 鍵を握る かぎをにぎる kagi o nigiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 鍵を握れ かぎをにぎれ kagi o nigire
Meireikei ("imperative") 鍵を握れ かぎをにぎれ kagi o nigire
Key constructions
Passive 鍵を握られる かぎをにぎられる kagi o nigirareru
Causative 鍵を握らせる
鍵を握らす 		かぎをにぎらせる
かぎをにぎらす 		kagi o nigiraseru
kagi o nigirasu
Potential 鍵を握れる かぎをにぎれる kagi o nigireru
Volitional 鍵を握ろう かぎをにぎろう kagi o nigirō
Negative 鍵を握らない かぎをにぎらない kagi o nigiranai
Negative continuative 鍵を握らず かぎをにぎらず kagi o nigirazu
Formal 鍵を握ります かぎをにぎります kagi o nigirimasu
Perfective 鍵を握った かぎをにぎった kagi o nigitta
Conjunctive 鍵を握って かぎをにぎって kagi o nigitte
Hypothetical conditional 鍵を握れば かぎをにぎれば kagi o nigireba
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