まぜがき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
交ぜ書き
混ぜ書き
Examples

Etymology

From () (maze, mixing, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()ぜる (mazeru, to mix).) + () (kaki, writing, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (kaku, to write).).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぜがき [màzégákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ze̞ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

まぜがき • (mazegakiまぜがき (mazegaki)?

  1. (orthography) Writing certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead. This may be motivated by reasons such as a kanji being excluded from the list of 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji).

Verb

まぜがきする • (mazegaki suruまぜがき (mazegaki)?suru (stem まぜがき (mazegaki shi), past まぜがきした (mazegaki shita))

  1. (orthography) to write certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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