仕込む

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

()() • (shikomugodan (stem ()() (shikomi), past ()()んだ (shikonda))

  1. to teach, to train
    (いぬ)(げい)仕込(しこ)
    inu ni gei o shikomu
    to teach a dog tricks
  2. to set up, to install
    (かく)しカメラ仕込(しこ)
    kakushi-kamera o shikomu
    to install a secret camera
    マルウェア仕込(しこ)まれたサイト
    maruwea ga shikomareta saito
    website that contains malware
    (literally, “website that has had malware set up”)
  3. to prepare the ingredients for brewing
    (さけ)仕込(しこ)
    sake o shikomu
    to prepare the ingredients for saké

Conjugation

Conjugation of "仕込む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 仕込ま しこま shikoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 仕込み しこみ shikomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 仕込む しこむ shikomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 仕込む しこむ shikomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 仕込め しこめ shikome
Meireikei ("imperative") 仕込め しこめ shikome
Key constructions
Passive 仕込まれる しこまれる shikomareru
Causative 仕込ませる
仕込ます
しこませる
しこます
shikomaseru
shikomasu
Potential 仕込める しこめる shikomeru
Volitional 仕込もう しこもう shikomō
Negative 仕込まない しこまない shikomanai
Negative continuative 仕込まず しこまず shikomazu
Formal 仕込みます しこみます shikomimasu
Perfective 仕込んだ しこんだ shikonda
Conjunctive 仕込んで しこんで shikonde
Hypothetical conditional 仕込めば しこめば shikomeba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN