しごく

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
扱く

Pronunciation

Verb

しごく • (shigoku) ←しごく (sigoku)?godan (stem しごき (shigoki), past しごいた (shigoita))

  1. to pull through one's hand, as when separating grain from the stalk
    Synonym: こく (koku)
  2. to train harshly
    そらもう若(わか)い時分(じぶん)からしごかれて、厳(きび)しい稽古(けいこ)してもらって、
    sora mō wakai jibun kara shigokarete, kibishī keiko shite moratte,
    (please add an English translation of this example)
    • 2023 April 2 (last accessed), “竹本住大夫さんを迎えて、「国立劇場４５年の歩みと文楽」を開催いたしました。”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 2 April 2023:
Conjugation
Conjugation of "しごく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しごか shigoka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しごき shigoki
Shūshikei ("terminal") しごく shigoku
Rentaikei ("attributive") しごく shigoku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しごけ shigoke
Meireikei ("imperative") しごけ shigoke
Key constructions
Passive しごかれる shigokareru
Causative しごかせる
しごかす 		shigokaseru
shigokasu
Potential しごける shigokeru
Volitional しごこう shigokō
Negative しごかない shigokanai
Negative continuative しごかず shigokazu
Formal しごきます shigokimasu
Perfective しごいた shigoita
Conjunctive しごいて shigoite
Hypothetical conditional しごけば shigokeba

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しごく – see the following entries.
【至極】
extreme, sheer, enormous
the height of
(This term, しごく (shigoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 司獄.)

References

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