世話を焼く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 世 | 話 | 焼 |
| せ Grade: 3 |
わ Grade: 2 |
や Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 世話を燒く (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Consisting of 世話 (sewa, “to look after”) + を + 焼く (yaku, “to burn”)
Verb
世話を焼く • (sewa o yaku) godan (stem 世話を焼き (sewa o yaki), past 世話を焼いた (sewa o yaita))
- (idiomatic) to go out of one's way to help; to proactively help out
- (idiomatic) to bother, to meddle, to poke one's nose into; to be too helpful (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 世話を焼か | せわをやか | sewa o yaka |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 世話を焼き | せわをやき | sewa o yaki |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 世話を焼く | せわをやく | sewa o yaku |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 世話を焼く | せわをやく | sewa o yaku |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 世話を焼け | せわをやけ | sewa o yake |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 世話を焼け | せわをやけ | sewa o yake |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 世話を焼かれる | せわをやかれる | sewa o yakareru |
| Causative | 世話を焼かせる 世話を焼かす |
せわをやかせる せわをやかす |
sewa o yakaseru sewa o yakasu |
| Potential | 世話を焼ける | せわをやける | sewa o yakeru |
| Volitional | 世話を焼こう | せわをやこう | sewa o yakō |
| Negative | 世話を焼かない | せわをやかない | sewa o yakanai |
| Negative continuative | 世話を焼かず | せわをやかず | sewa o yakazu |
| Formal | 世話を焼きます | せわをやきます | sewa o yakimasu |
| Perfective | 世話を焼いた | せわをやいた | sewa o yaita |
| Conjunctive | 世話を焼いて | せわをやいて | sewa o yaite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 世話を焼けば | せわをやけば | sewa o yakeba |
Derived terms
- 世話焼き (sewayaki)