ひあそび

Japanese

Alternative spellings
火遊び
火あそび

Etymology

From () (hi, fire) + (あそ) (asobi, playing, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (あそ) (asobu, to play).).

Compare English play with fire (put oneself in a precarious situation).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そび [hìáꜜsòbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çia̠so̞bʲi]

Noun

ひあそび • (hiasobi

  1. playing with fire
  2. (by extension) playing with fire (putting oneself in a precarious situation)
  3. (by extension) being unfaithful in a romance

Verb

ひあそびする • (hiasobi surusuru (stem ひあそび (hiasobi shi), past ひあそびした (hiasobi shita))

  1. to play with fire
  2. (by extension) to play with fire (putting oneself in a precarious situation)
  3. (by extension) to be unfaithful in a romance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ひあそびする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
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)

References

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