まじ
See also: まし
Japanese
Etymology 1
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| (This term, まじ (maji), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as まじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as まじ. |
Etymology 2
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| (This term, まじ (maji), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as まじ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as まじ. |
Etymology 3
From Old Japanese ましじ.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma̠ʑi]
Verb
まじ • (maji) irregular
- (attaching to terminal form) should not; must not
Usage notes
- In modern Japanese, all except the "prohibition" sense of まじ are replaced by its derived term まい (mai).
- This word is morphologically a clitic. It is classified as 助動詞 (jodōshi, “auxiliary verb”) in traditional Japanese grammar.
Inflection
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | まじく[1] まじから[2] |
maziku mazikara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | まじく[1] まじかり[2] |
maziku mazikari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | まじ | mazi | |
| Attributive (連体形) | まじき まじかる |
maziki mazikaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | まじけれ | mazikere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | まじかれ | mazikare | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | まじからず | mazikarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | まじけれど | mazikeredo | |
| Causal conjunction | まじければ | mazikereba | |
| Conditional conjunction | まじくば | mazikuba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | まじかりき | mazikariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | まじかりけり | mazikarikeri | |
| Adverbial | まじく | maziku | |
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.
Antonyms
- べし (beshi)
Derived terms
- まい (mai)
References
- ^ “まじ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months