ひあそび
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 火遊び 火あそび |
Etymology
From 火 (hi, “fire”) + 遊び (asobi, “playing, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 遊ぶ (asobu, “to play”).”).
Compare English play with fire (“put oneself in a precarious situation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ひあそび • (hiasobi)
- playing with fire
- (by extension) playing with fire (putting oneself in a precarious situation)
- (by extension) being unfaithful in a romance
Verb
ひあそびする • (hiasobi suru) suru (stem ひあそびし (hiasobi shi), past ひあそびした (hiasobi shita))
- to play with fire
- (by extension) to play with fire (putting oneself in a precarious situation)
- (by extension) to be unfaithful in a romance
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ひあそびし | hiasobi shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ひあそびし | hiasobi shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ひあそびする | hiasobi suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ひあそびする | hiasobi suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ひあそびすれ | hiasobi sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ひあそびせよ¹ ひあそびしろ² |
hiasobi seyo¹ hiasobi shiro² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | ひあそびされる | hiasobi sareru | |
| Causative | ひあそびさせる ひあそびさす |
hiasobi saseru hiasobi sasu | |
| Potential | ひあそびできる | hiasobi dekiru | |
| Volitional | ひあそびしよう | hiasobi shiyō | |
| Negative | ひあそびしない | hiasobi shinai | |
| Negative continuative | ひあそびせず | hiasobi sezu | |
| Formal | ひあそびします | hiasobi shimasu | |
| Perfective | ひあそびした | hiasobi shita | |
| Conjunctive | ひあそびして | hiasobi shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ひあそびすれば | hiasobi sureba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
Alternative forms
- ひあそびをする (hiasobi o suru)