いぬく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
射抜く
射貫く
射ぬく

Etymology

() (i, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (iru, to shoot).) + () (nuku)

Pronunciation

Verb

いぬく • (inukugodan (stem いぬき (inuki), past いぬいた (inuita))

  1. to pierce with an arrow

Conjugation

Conjugation of "いぬく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") いぬか inuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") いぬき inuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") いぬく inuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") いぬく inuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") いぬけ inuke
Meireikei ("imperative") いぬけ inuke
Key constructions
Passive いぬかれる inukareru
Causative いぬかせる
いぬかす
inukaseru
inukasu
Potential いぬける inukeru
Volitional いぬこう inukō
Negative いぬかない inukanai
Negative continuative いぬかず inukazu
Formal いぬきます inukimasu
Perfective いぬいた inuita
Conjunctive いぬいて inuite
Hypothetical conditional いぬけば inukeba

Derived terms

  • (こころ)射抜(いぬ)かれる (kokoro o inukareru, to be moved, literally to be pierced in the heart with an arrow)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN