はこがい
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 箱買い |
Etymology
From 箱 (hako) + 買い (kai, “連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 買う (kau).”). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ha̠ko̞ɡa̠i]
Noun
はこがい • (hakogai) ←はこがひ (fakogafi)?
Verb
はこがいする • (hakogai suru) ←はこがひ (fakogafi)?suru (stem はこがいし (hakogai shi), past はこがいした (hakogai shita))
- to buy an entire box
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | はこがいし | hakogai shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | はこがいし | hakogai shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | はこがいする | hakogai suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | はこがいする | hakogai suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | はこがいすれ | hakogai sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | はこがいせよ¹ はこがいしろ² |
hakogai seyo¹ hakogai shiro² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | はこがいされる | hakogai sareru | |
| Causative | はこがいさせる はこがいさす |
hakogai saseru hakogai sasu | |
| Potential | はこがいできる | hakogai dekiru | |
| Volitional | はこがいしよう | hakogai shiyō | |
| Negative | はこがいしない | hakogai shinai | |
| Negative continuative | はこがいせず | hakogai sezu | |
| Formal | はこがいします | hakogai shimasu | |
| Perfective | はこがいした | hakogai shita | |
| Conjunctive | はこがいして | hakogai shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | はこがいすれば | hakogai sureba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative