まえばらい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
前払い

Etymology

From (まえ) (mae) + (はら) (harai, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (はら) (harau).). The harai changes to barai as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) えばらい [màébáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠e̞ba̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

まえばらい • (maebaraiまへばらひ (mafebarafi)?

  1. payment in advance

Synonyms

  • 先払(さきばら) (sakibarai)

Antonyms

Verb

まえばらいする • (maebarai suruまへばらひ (mafebarafi)?suru (stem まえばらい (maebarai shi), past まえばらいした (maebarai shita))

  1. to pay in advance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "まえばらいする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") まえばらいし maebarai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") まえばらいし maebarai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") まえばらいする maebarai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") まえばらいする maebarai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") まえばらいすれ maebarai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") まえばらいせよ¹
まえばらいしろ²
maebarai seyo¹
maebarai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive まえばらいされる maebarai sareru
Causative まえばらいさせる
まえばらいさす
maebarai saseru
maebarai sasu
Potential まえばらいできる maebarai dekiru
Volitional まえばらいしよう maebarai shiyō
Negative まえばらいしない maebarai shinai
Negative continuative まえばらいせず maebarai sezu
Formal まえばらいします maebarai shimasu
Perfective まえばらいした maebarai shita
Conjunctive まえばらいして maebarai shite
Hypothetical conditional まえばらいすれば maebarai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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