むしぼし

Japanese

Alternative spelling
虫干し

Etymology

From (むし) (mushi, bug) + () (hoshi, drying, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (hosu, to dry).).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しぼし [mùshíbóshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ɕibo̞ɕi]

Noun

むしぼし • (mushiboshi

  1. drying out (books, clothes, etc.) to keep bugs away

Verb

むしぼしする • (mushiboshi surusuru (stem むしぼし (mushiboshi shi), past むしぼしした (mushiboshi shita))

  1. to dry out (books, clothes, etc.) to keep bugs away

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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