しがみつく

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
しがみ付く

Etymology

Compound of しがみ (shigami, continuative of しがむ (shigamu, “to bite hard”)) + 付(つ)く (tsuku, “to stick, adhere”).

Pronunciation

Verb

しがみつく • (shigamitsuku) intransitive godan (stem しがみつき (shigamitsuki), past しがみついた (shigamitsuita))

  1. cling to
    Synonym: 食い下がる
    母(はは)親(おや)にしがみつく
    hahaoya ni shigamitsuku
    to cling to one's mother

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しがみつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しがみつか shigamitsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しがみつき shigamitsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") しがみつく shigamitsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") しがみつく shigamitsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しがみつけ shigamitsuke
Meireikei ("imperative") しがみつけ shigamitsuke
Key constructions
Passive しがみつかれる shigamitsukareru
Causative しがみつかせる
しがみつかす 		shigamitsukaseru
shigamitsukasu
Potential しがみつける shigamitsukeru
Volitional しがみつこう shigamitsukō
Negative しがみつかない shigamitsukanai
Negative continuative しがみつかず shigamitsukazu
Formal しがみつきます shigamitsukimasu
Perfective しがみついた shigamitsuita
Conjunctive しがみついて shigamitsuite
Hypothetical conditional しがみつけば shigamitsukeba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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