ジグザグ

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Japanese

Etymology

From English zig-zag, perhaps aided by the fact that the English word resembles a Japanese onomatopoeic adverb, although it does not exactly behave like one.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ジグザグ • (jiguzagu) -na (adnominal ジグザグな (jiguzagu na), adverbial ジグザグに (jiguzagu ni))

  1. zig-zag
    ジグザグに走(はし)る
    jiguzagu ni hashiru
    to run in a zig-zag

Inflection

Inflection of ジグザグ
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ジグザグだろ jiguzagu daro
Continuative (連用形) ジグザグで jiguzagu de
Terminal (終止形) ジグザグだ jiguzagu da
Attributive (連体形) ジグザグな jiguzagu na
Hypothetical (仮定形) ジグザグなら jiguzagu nara
Imperative (命令形) ジグザグであれ jiguzagu de are
Key constructions
Informal negative ジグザグではない
ジグザグじゃない 		jiguzagu de wa nai
jiguzagu ja nai
Informal past ジグザグだった jiguzagu datta
Informal negative past ジグザグではなかった
ジグザグじゃなかった 		jiguzagu de wa nakatta
jiguzagu ja nakatta
Formal ジグザグです jiguzagu desu
Formal negative ジグザグではありません
ジグザグじゃありません 		jiguzagu de wa arimasen
jiguzagu ja arimasen
Formal past ジグザグでした jiguzagu deshita
Formal negative past ジグザグではありませんでした
ジグザグじゃありませんでした 		jiguzagu de wa arimasen deshita
jiguzagu ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive ジグザグで jiguzagu de
Conditional ジグザグなら（ば） jiguzagu nara (ba)
Provisional ジグザグだったら jiguzagu dattara
Volitional ジグザグだろう jiguzagu darō
Adverbial ジグザグに jiguzagu ni
Degree ジグザグさ jiguzagusa

Noun

ジグザグ • (jiguzagu) 

  1. zig-zag

References

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