しごく

Japanese

Etymology 1

    Alternative spelling
    扱く

    Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) [shìgóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɕiɡo̞kɯ̟]

    Verb

    しごく • (shigokuしごく (sigoku)?godan (stem しごき (shigoki), past しごいた (shigoita))

    1. to pull through one's hand, as when separating grain from the stalk
      Synonym: こく (koku)
    2. to train harshly
      そらもう(わか)時分(じぶん)からしごかれて(きび)しい稽古(けいこ)してもらって、 []
      sora mō wakai jibun kara shigokarete, kibishī keiko shite moratte, []
      (please add an English translation of this example)
      • 2023 April 2 (last accessed), “竹本住大夫さんを迎えて、「国立劇場45年の歩みと文楽」を開催いたしました。”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], archived from the original on 2 April 2023:
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of "しごく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
    Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
    Mizenkei ("imperfective") しごか shigoka
    Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しごき shigoki
    Shūshikei ("terminal") しごく shigoku
    Rentaikei ("attributive") しごく shigoku
    Kateikei ("hypothetical") しごけ shigoke
    Meireikei ("imperative") しごけ shigoke
    Key constructions
    Passive しごかれる shigokareru
    Causative しごかせる
    しごかす
    shigokaseru
    shigokasu
    Potential しごける shigokeru
    Volitional しごこう shigokō
    Negative しごかない shigokanai
    Negative continuative しごかず shigokazu
    Formal しごきます shigokimasu
    Perfective しごいた shigoita
    Conjunctive しごいて shigoite
    Hypothetical conditional しごけば shigokeba

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of しごく – see the following entries.
    至極
    [adjective] extreme, sheer, enormous
    [adverb] extremely; exceedingly
    [noun] the height of
    (This term, しごく (shigoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

    (The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 司獄.)

    References

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