付け込む

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
付込む
つけ込む

Etymology

From () (tsuke, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()ける (tsukeru, to write, to make an entry)) + () (-komu, emphatic verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

()() • (tsukekomutransitive godan (stem ()() (tsukekomi), past ()()んだ (tsukekonda))

  1. (intransitive) to take advantage of
    Synonyms: 足元を見る, 乗じる
    (よわ)みに()()yowami ni tsukekomuto take advantage of someone's weakness
  2. to make an entry

Conjugation

Conjugation of "付け込む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 付け込ま つけこま tsukekoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 付け込み つけこみ tsukekomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 付け込む つけこむ tsukekomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 付け込む つけこむ tsukekomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 付け込め つけこめ tsukekome
Meireikei ("imperative") 付け込め つけこめ tsukekome
Key constructions
Passive 付け込まれる つけこまれる tsukekomareru
Causative 付け込ませる
付け込ます
つけこませる
つけこます
tsukekomaseru
tsukekomasu
Potential 付け込める つけこめる tsukekomeru
Volitional 付け込もう つけこもう tsukekomō
Negative 付け込まない つけこまない tsukekomanai
Negative continuative 付け込まず つけこまず tsukekomazu
Formal 付け込みます つけこみます tsukekomimasu
Perfective 付け込んだ つけこんだ tsukekonda
Conjunctive 付け込んで つけこんで tsukekonde
Hypothetical conditional 付け込めば つけこめば tsukekomeba

Derived terms

  • ()() (tsukekomi, entry, booking)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN