せんびき

Japanese

Alternative spelling
線引き

Etymology

From 線(せん) (sen) + 引(ひ)き (hiki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 引(ひ)く (hiku).”). The hiki changes to biki as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんびき [sèńbíkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞mbʲikʲi]

Noun

せんびき • (senbiki) ^{←せんびき (senbiki)^?}

demarcation; drawing a line in the sand

Verb

せんびきする • (senbiki suru) ^{←せんびき (senbiki)^?}suru (stem せんびきし (senbiki shi), past せんびきした (senbiki shita))

to demarcate; to draw a line in the sand

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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