弾く

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
彈く (kyūjitai)

Derived from () (hiku, to pull).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「弾く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
弾く
Imperative (命令形) 弾け
Key constructions
Passive 弾かれる かれる
Causative 弾かせる かせる
Potential 弾ける ける
Volitional 弾こう
Negative 弾かない かない
Negative perfective 弾かなかった かなかった
Formal 弾きます きま
Perfective 弾いた いた
Conjunctive 弾いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 弾けば

Verb

() (hikutransitive godan (stem () (hiki), past ()いた (hiita))

  1. play (a stringed or keyboard musical instrument)
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
はじ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
彈く (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「弾く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
弾く
Imperative (命令形) 弾け
Key constructions
Passive 弾かれる じかれ
Causative 弾かせる じかせ
Potential 弾ける じけ
Volitional 弾こう じこ
Negative 弾かない じかない
Negative perfective 弾かなかった じかなかった
Formal 弾きます じきま
Perfective 弾いた いた
Conjunctive 弾いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 弾けば けば

Verb

(はじ) (hajikutransitive godan (stem (はじ) (hajiki), past (はじ)いた (hajiita))

Japanese verb pair
active (はじ)
mediopassive (はじ)ける
  1. to flick and make something spring/jump
    おはじきを(はじ)
    ohajiki o hajiku
    to fire the marble
    爪先(つまさき)(つる)(はじ)
    tsumasaki de tsuru o hajiku
    to pluck the string with finger
  2. to reject; to repel (some external substance) (of materials)
    このレインコートはよく(みず)(はじ)
    kono reinkōto wa yoku mizu o hajiku
    This raincoat is well waterproof.
    鋼鉄(こうてつ)(いた)銃弾(じゅうだん)(はじ)
    kōtetsu no ita ga jūdan o hajiku
    The steel plates can resist bullets.
  3. (from the metaphor of beating beads of an abacus) to calculate
    損得(そんとく)(はじ)いてみる
    sontoku o hajīte miru
    Let's calculate the loss and gain.
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN