嗜む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たしな
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Shift in meaning from (たしな) (tashinamu), from たしない (tashinai, difficult, agonizing; poor, lacking, an adjective) + (-mu), from たし (tashi, an element also found in (たし) (tashika, certain; reliable) and たしに (tashi ni)) + ない (-nai, very much that quality or state).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

(たしな) • (tashinamutransitive godan (stem (たしな) (tashinami), past (たしな)んだ (tashinanda))

  1. have a taste for
  2. to master (an art or skill)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嗜む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 嗜ま たしなま tashinama
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 嗜み たしなみ tashinami
Shūshikei ("terminal") 嗜む たしなむ tashinamu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 嗜む たしなむ tashinamu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 嗜め たしなめ tashiname
Meireikei ("imperative") 嗜め たしなめ tashiname
Key constructions
Passive 嗜まれる たしなまれる tashinamareru
Causative 嗜ませる
嗜ます
たしなませる
たしなます
tashinamaseru
tashinamasu
Potential 嗜める たしなめる tashinameru
Volitional 嗜もう たしなもう tashinamō
Negative 嗜まない たしなまない tashinamanai
Negative continuative 嗜まず たしなまず tashinamazu
Formal 嗜みます たしなみます tashinamimasu
Perfective 嗜んだ たしなんだ tashinanda
Conjunctive 嗜んで たしなんで tashinande
Hypothetical conditional 嗜めば たしなめば tashinameba
Classical conjugation of "嗜む" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 嗜ま たしなま tasinama
Continuative (連用形) 嗜み たしなみ tasinami
Terminal (終止形) 嗜む たしなむ tasinamu
Attributive (連体形) 嗜む たしなむ tasinamu
Realis (已然形) 嗜め たしなめ tasiname
Imperative (命令形) 嗜め たしなめ tasiname
Key constructions
Negative 嗜まず たしなまず tasinamazu
Contrasting conjunction 嗜めど たしなめど tasinamedo
Causal conjunction 嗜めば たしなめば tasinameba
Conditional conjunction 嗜まば たしなまば tasinamaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 嗜みき たしなみき tasinamiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 嗜みけり たしなみけり tasinamikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 嗜みつ たしなみつ tasinamitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 嗜みぬ たしなみぬ tasinaminu
Perfect-continuative tense 嗜めり
嗜みたり
たしなめり
たしなみたり
tasinameri
tasinamitari
Volitional 嗜まむ たしなまむ tasinamamu

References

  1. ^ 嗜む”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN