駆け引き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
駆 引
か
Grade: S 		ひ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
驅け引き (kyūjitai)
駈け引き
懸け引き
掛け引き

Etymology

Compound of 駆け (kake, “running, pressing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 駆ける (kakeru, “to press on, to run”)) +‎ 引き (hiki, “pulling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 引く (hiku, “to pull, to draw”)), literally meaning "pressing forward, pulling back".[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

駆(か)け引(ひ)き • (kakehiki) 

  1. (military) the advance and retreat of troops: tactics
    あの大名(だいみょう)は戦(いくさ)の駆(か)け引(ひ)きがうまかった。
    Ano daimyō wa ikusa no kakehiki ga umakatta.
    That daimyō was good at battle tactics.
  2. (business, general): trick or tactics in negotiations, bargaining or haggling for a good price, give and take
    駆(か)け引(ひ)きが上手(じょうず)な人(ひと)
    kakehiki ga jōzu na hito
    a person good at bargaining: a good bargainer, someone who drives a hard bargain
    駆(か)け引(ひ)きなしで商売(しょうばい)する
    kakehiki nashi de shōbai suru
    to do business without haggling, to do business fair and square
    恋(こい)の駆(か)け引(ひ)き
    koi no kakehiki
    the give and take or maneuverings of love

Verb

駆(か)け引(ひ)きする • (kakehiki suru) suru (stem 駆(か)け引(ひ)きし (kakehiki shi), past 駆(か)け引(ひ)きした (kakehiki shita))

  1. to engage in tactics
  2. to bargain, to haggle, to give and take

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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