ほじくる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
穿る

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じく [hòjíkúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ʑikɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Verb

ほじくる • (hojikuruほじくる (fozikuru)?godan (stem ほじくり (hojikuri), past ほじくった (hojikutta))

  1. to dig up; to peck at; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.)
  2. to pry into; to examine; to dredge up

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ほじくる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ほじくら hojikura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ほじくり hojikuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") ほじくる hojikuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ほじくる hojikuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ほじくれ hojikure
Meireikei ("imperative") ほじくれ hojikure
Key constructions
Passive ほじくられる hojikurareru
Causative ほじくらせる
ほじくらす
hojikuraseru
hojikurasu
Potential ほじくれる hojikureru
Volitional ほじくろう hojikurō
Negative ほじくらない hojikuranai
Negative continuative ほじくらず hojikurazu
Formal ほじくります hojikurimasu
Perfective ほじくった hojikutta
Conjunctive ほじくって hojikutte
Hypothetical conditional ほじくれば hojikureba

References

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