爪弾く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 爪 | 弾 |
| つま Grade: S |
ひ > び Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 爪彈く (kyūjitai) 爪引く |
Etymology
Compound of 爪 (tsuma, “nail”) + 弾く (biku, “to play (instrument)”). The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Verb
爪弾く • (tsumabiku) godan (stem 爪弾き (tsumabiki), past 爪弾いた (tsumabiita))
- to play a musical instrument with the fingertips
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 爪弾か | つまびか | tsumabika |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 爪弾き | つまびき | tsumabiki |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 爪弾く | つまびく | tsumabiku |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 爪弾く | つまびく | tsumabiku |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 爪弾け | つまびけ | tsumabike |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 爪弾け | つまびけ | tsumabike |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 爪弾かれる | つまびかれる | tsumabikareru |
| Causative | 爪弾かせる 爪弾かす |
つまびかせる つまびかす |
tsumabikaseru tsumabikasu |
| Potential | 爪弾ける | つまびける | tsumabikeru |
| Volitional | 爪弾こう | つまびこう | tsumabikō |
| Negative | 爪弾かない | つまびかない | tsumabikanai |
| Negative continuative | 爪弾かず | つまびかず | tsumabikazu |
| Formal | 爪弾きます | つまびきます | tsumabikimasu |
| Perfective | 爪弾いた | つまびいた | tsumabiita |
| Conjunctive | 爪弾いて | つまびいて | tsumabiite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 爪弾けば | つまびけば | tsumabikeba |