捌く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
捌
さば Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Verb

捌(さば)く • (sabaku) godan (stem 捌(さば)き (sabaki), past 捌(さば)いた (sabaita))

to disentangle; to separate
to cut (meat, fish, etc.) into pieces
魚(さかな)を捌(さば)く
sakana o sabaku
to clean and dress a fish
to handle (something) skillfully; to deal with a difficult situation; to behave in an outstanding manner
仕事(しごと)を捌(さば)く
shigoto o sabaku
to handle a job skillfully

大量(たいりょう)のデータをさばく
tairyō no dēta o sabaku
to process a large amount of data
to sell out (a stock of goods)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "捌く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	捌か	さばか	sabaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	捌き	さばき	sabaki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	捌く	さばく	sabaku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	捌く	さばく	sabaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	捌け	さばけ	sabake
Meireikei ("imperative")	捌け	さばけ	sabake
Key constructions
Passive	捌かれる	さばかれる	sabakareru
Causative	捌かせる捌かす	さばかせるさばかす	sabakaseru sabakasu
Potential	捌ける	さばける	sabakeru
Volitional	捌こう	さばこう	sabakō
Negative	捌かない	さばかない	sabakanai
Negative continuative	捌かず	さばかず	sabakazu
Formal	捌きます	さばきます	sabakimasu
Perfective	捌いた	さばいた	sabaita
Conjunctive	捌いて	さばいて	sabaite
Hypothetical conditional	捌けば	さばけば	sabakeba

Derived terms

売(う)り捌(さば)く (urisabaku)

References

“^▲捌く”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026