ひき逃げ

Japanese

FWOTD – 1 February 2015

Kanji in this term
逃
に Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
轢き逃げ

Etymology

轢き (hiki, “running over”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 轢く (hiku, “to run over”)) +‎ 逃げ (nige, “fleeing”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 逃げる (nigeru, “to flee”))

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひきにげ [hìkínígé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [çi̥kʲiɲ̟iɡe̞]

Noun

ひき逃(に)げ • (hikinige)

a hit and run (the crime of causing an accident and leaving)
- 2014 June 8, “ヤンゴン市内の交通規制を強化”, in Myanmar News‎^[1]:
  
  新(あたら)しい規(き)制(せい)では、歩(ほ)行(こう)者(しゃ)をはねたり轢(ひ)き逃(に)げをした者(もの)は、バス運(うん)転(てん)手(しゅ)として職(しょく)を失(うしな)うことになった。
  Atarashii kisei de wa, hokōsha o hane tari hikinige o shita mono wa, basu untenshu toshite shoku o ushinau koto ni natta.
  In the new regulations, a bus driver who hits a pedestrian or has a hit-and-run will lose their job.
- 2015 August 23, Gosho Aoyama, “FILE(ファイル).５(ご)　SELFIE(セルフィー)”, in [名](めい)[探](たん)[偵](てい)コナン [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 87 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:
  
  彼(かの)女(じょ)の顔(かお)の横(よこ)にあるでしょ？「恋(こい)のヒット＆(エンド)ラン」って！ヒット＆(エンド)ランは日(にっ)本(ぽん)だと野(や)球(きゅう)用(よう)語(ご)だけど、外(がい)国(こく)だと…
  Kanojo no kao no yoko ni aru desho? “Koi no Hitto Endo Ran” tte! Hitto endo ran wa Nippon da to yakyū yōgo da kedo, gaikoku dato…
  Don’t you see that one next to her face? “The Hit and Run of Love”! In Japan hit and run’s just a baseball term, but elsewhere it also means…
  轢(ひ)き逃(に)げ…
  Hikinige…
  The crime of hit and run…

Verb

ひき逃(に)げする • (hikinige suru) suru (stem ひき逃(に)げし (hikinige shi), past ひき逃(に)げした (hikinige shita))

to hit and run (hit someone with a vehicle then leave)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ひき逃げする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ひき逃げし	ひきにげし	hikinige shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ひき逃げし	ひきにげし	hikinige shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ひき逃げする	ひきにげする	hikinige suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ひき逃げする	ひきにげする	hikinige suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ひき逃げすれ	ひきにげすれ	hikinige sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	ひき逃げせよ¹ ひき逃げしろ²	ひきにげせよ¹ ひきにげしろ²	hikinige seyo¹ hikinige shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	ひき逃げされる	ひきにげされる	hikinige sareru
Causative	ひき逃げさせるひき逃げさす	ひきにげさせるひきにげさす	hikinige saseru hikinige sasu
Potential	ひき逃げできる	ひきにげできる	hikinige dekiru
Volitional	ひき逃げしよう	ひきにげしよう	hikinige shiyō
Negative	ひき逃げしない	ひきにげしない	hikinige shinai
Negative continuative	ひき逃げせず	ひきにげせず	hikinige sezu
Formal	ひき逃げします	ひきにげします	hikinige shimasu
Perfective	ひき逃げした	ひきにげした	hikinige shita
Conjunctive	ひき逃げして	ひきにげして	hikinige shite
Hypothetical conditional	ひき逃げすれば	ひきにげすれば	hikinige sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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