むしぼし
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 虫干し |
Etymology
From 虫 (mushi, “bug”) + 干し (hoshi, “drying, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 干す (hosu, “to dry”).”).
Pronunciation
Noun
むしぼし • (mushiboshi)
- drying out (books, clothes, etc.) to keep bugs away
Verb
むしぼしする • (mushiboshi suru) suru (stem むしぼしし (mushiboshi shi), past むしぼしした (mushiboshi shita))
Conjugation
| 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