にらめっこ
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 睨めっこ |
Etymology
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From っこ (kko).
Pronunciation
Noun
にらめっこ • (niramekko)
- a kind of game in which children make funny faces to try to make others laugh and lose, similar to a staring contest
Verb
にらめっこする • (niramekko suru) suru (stem にらめっこし (niramekko shi), past にらめっこした (niramekko shita))
- to glare at each other
- (figuratively) to stare (at)
- パソコンと睨めっこする
- pasokon to niramekko suru
- to stare at the computer
- パソコンと睨めっこする
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | にらめっこし | niramekko shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | にらめっこし | niramekko shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | にらめっこする | niramekko suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | にらめっこする | niramekko suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | にらめっこすれ | niramekko sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | にらめっこせよ¹ にらめっこしろ² |
niramekko seyo¹ niramekko shiro² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | にらめっこされる | niramekko sareru | |
| Causative | にらめっこさせる にらめっこさす |
niramekko saseru niramekko sasu | |
| Potential | にらめっこできる | niramekko dekiru | |
| Volitional | にらめっこしよう | niramekko shiyō | |
| Negative | にらめっこしない | niramekko shinai | |
| Negative continuative | にらめっこせず | niramekko sezu | |
| Formal | にらめっこします | niramekko shimasu | |
| Perfective | にらめっこした | niramekko shita | |
| Conjunctive | にらめっこして | niramekko shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | にらめっこすれば | niramekko sureba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative