わきみ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
脇見

Etymology

From (わき) (waki) + () (mi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (miru).).

Pronunciation

Noun

わきみ • (wakimi

  1. looking elsewhere
    (わき)()(うん)(てん)
    wakimi unten
    distracted driving

Synonyms

Verb

わきみする • (wakimi surusuru (stem わきみ (wakimi shi), past わきみした (wakimi shita))

  1. to look elsewhere

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN