ほめちぎる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
褒めちぎる
誉めちぎる

Etymology

From () (home, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()める (homeru, to praise)) + ちぎる (-chigiru, greatly).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めちぎ [hòméchígíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) めちぎる [hòméchígírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞me̞t͡ɕiɡʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

ほめちぎる • (homechigiruほめちぎる (fometigiru)?transitive godan (stem ほめちぎり (homechigiri), past ほめちぎった (homechigitta))

  1. to shower praise upon; to praise lavishly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ほめちぎる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ほめちぎら homechigira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ほめちぎり homechigiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") ほめちぎる homechigiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ほめちぎる homechigiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ほめちぎれ homechigire
Meireikei ("imperative") ほめちぎれ homechigire
Key constructions
Passive ほめちぎられる homechigirareru
Causative ほめちぎらせる
ほめちぎらす
homechigiraseru
homechigirasu
Potential ほめちぎれる homechigireru
Volitional ほめちぎろう homechigirō
Negative ほめちぎらない homechigiranai
Negative continuative ほめちぎらず homechigirazu
Formal ほめちぎります homechigirimasu
Perfective ほめちぎった homechigitta
Conjunctive ほめちぎって homechigitte
Hypothetical conditional ほめちぎれば homechigireba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN