手抜き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
手 抜
て
Grade: 1 		ぬ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
手拔き (kyūjitai)

Etymology

手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 抜き (nuki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 抜(ぬ)く (nuku, “omit, skip”))

Pronunciation

Noun

手(て)抜(ぬ)き • (tenuki) 

  1. not adhering to procedure; skipping steps; cutting corners
  2. (go, shogi) playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move
  3. act of cutting corners

Verb

手(て)抜(ぬ)きする • (tenuki suru) suru (stem 手(て)抜(ぬ)きし (tenuki shi), past 手(て)抜(ぬ)きした (tenuki shita))

  1. cut corners

Conjugation

Conjugation of "手抜きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 手抜きし てぬきし tenuki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 手抜きし てぬきし tenuki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 手抜きする てぬきする tenuki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 手抜きする てぬきする tenuki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 手抜きすれ てぬきすれ tenuki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 手抜きせよ¹
手抜きしろ² 		てぬきせよ¹
てぬきしろ² 		tenuki seyo¹
tenuki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 手抜きされる てぬきされる tenuki sareru
Causative 手抜きさせる
手抜きさす 		てぬきさせる
てぬきさす 		tenuki saseru
tenuki sasu
Potential 手抜きできる てぬきできる tenuki dekiru
Volitional 手抜きしよう てぬきしよう tenuki shiyō
Negative 手抜きしない てぬきしない tenuki shinai
Negative continuative 手抜きせず てぬきせず tenuki sezu
Formal 手抜きします てぬきします tenuki shimasu
Perfective 手抜きした てぬきした tenuki shita
Conjunctive 手抜きして てぬきして tenuki shite
Hypothetical conditional 手抜きすれば てぬきすれば tenuki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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