ぞうきんがけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
雑巾掛け雑巾掛雑巾がけ

Etymology

From 雑巾(ぞうきん) (zōkin) + 掛(か)け (kake). The kake changes to gake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぞーきんがけ (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

ぞうきんがけ • (zōkin-gake) ^{←ざふきんがけ (zafukin-gake)^?}

wiping down the floor with a rag

Verb

ぞうきんがけする • (zōkin-gake suru) ^{←ざふきんがけ (zafukin-gake)^?}suru (stem ぞうきんがけし (zōkin-gake shi), past ぞうきんがけした (zōkin-gake shita))

to wipe down the floor with a rag

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ぞうきんがけする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ぞうきんがけし	ぞうきんがけし	zōkin-gake shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ぞうきんがけし	ぞうきんがけし	zōkin-gake shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ぞうきんがけする	ぞうきんがけする	zōkin-gake suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ぞうきんがけする	ぞうきんがけする	zōkin-gake suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ぞうきんがけすれ	ぞうきんがけすれ	zōkin-gake sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	ぞうきんがけせよ¹ ぞうきんがけしろ²	ぞうきんがけせよ¹ ぞうきんがけしろ²	zōkin-gake seyo¹ zōkin-gake shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	ぞうきんがけされる	ぞうきんがけされる	zōkin-gake sareru
Causative	ぞうきんがけさせるぞうきんがけさす	ぞうきんがけさせるぞうきんがけさす	zōkin-gake saseru zōkin-gake sasu
Potential	ぞうきんがけできる	ぞうきんがけできる	zōkin-gake dekiru
Volitional	ぞうきんがけしよう	ぞうきんがけしよう	zōkin-gake shiyō
Negative	ぞうきんがけしない	ぞうきんがけしない	zōkin-gake shinai
Negative continuative	ぞうきんがけせず	ぞうきんがけせず	zōkin-gake sezu
Formal	ぞうきんがけします	ぞうきんがけします	zōkin-gake shimasu
Perfective	ぞうきんがけした	ぞうきんがけした	zōkin-gake shita
Conjunctive	ぞうきんがけして	ぞうきんがけして	zōkin-gake shite
Hypothetical conditional	ぞうきんがけすれば	ぞうきんがけすれば	zōkin-gake sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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