匙を投げる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 匙 | 投 |
| さじ Hyōgai |
な Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Phrase composed of 匙 (saji, “spoon”, more specifically, for administering medicine) + を (o, object particle) + 投げる (nageru, “to throw”): "to throw a spoon". An expression of defeat, throwing away the medicine spoon because the disease has proven too strong.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sa̠ʑi o̞ na̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟]
Verb
匙を投げる • (saji o nageru) ichidan (stem 匙を投げ (saji o nage), past 匙を投げた (saji o nageta))
- to throw in the towel, to give up, to quit
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 匙を投げ | さじをなげ | saji o nage |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 匙を投げ | さじをなげ | saji o nage |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 匙を投げる | さじをなげる | saji o nageru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 匙を投げる | さじをなげる | saji o nageru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 匙を投げれ | さじをなげれ | saji o nagere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 匙を投げよ¹ 匙を投げろ² |
さじをなげよ¹ さじをなげろ² |
saji o nageyo¹ saji o nagero² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 匙を投げられる | さじをなげられる | saji o nagerareru |
| Causative | 匙を投げさせる 匙を投げさす |
さじをなげさせる さじをなげさす |
saji o nagesaseru saji o nagesasu |
| Potential | 匙を投げられる 匙を投げれる³ |
さじをなげられる さじをなげれる³ |
saji o nagerareru saji o nagereru³ |
| Volitional | 匙を投げよう | さじをなげよう | saji o nageyō |
| Negative | 匙を投げない 匙を投げぬ 匙を投げん |
さじをなげない さじをなげぬ さじをなげん |
saji o nagenai saji o nagenu saji o nagen |
| Negative continuative | 匙を投げず | さじをなげず | saji o nagezu |
| Formal | 匙を投げます | さじをなげます | saji o nagemasu |
| Perfective | 匙を投げた | さじをなげた | saji o nageta |
| Conjunctive | 匙を投げて | さじをなげて | saji o nagete |
| Hypothetical conditional | 匙を投げれば | さじをなげれば | saji o nagereba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Synonyms
- お手上げ (oteage): throwing up one's hands (noun)
- 手を上げる (te o ageru): to raise one's hands (less common in this meaning than お手上げ)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “▲匙を投げる”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026