胸を借りる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 胸 | 借 |
| むね Grade: 6 |
か Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 胸 + を + 借りる, literally "to borrow a chest"
Verb
胸を借りる • (mune o kariru) ichidan (stem 胸を借り (mune o kari), past 胸を借りた (mune o karita))
- (idiomatic) a less powerful person partners with a more powerful person, such as for practicing
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 胸を借り | むねをかり | mune o kari |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 胸を借り | むねをかり | mune o kari |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 胸を借りる | むねをかりる | mune o kariru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 胸を借りる | むねをかりる | mune o kariru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 胸を借りれ | むねをかりれ | mune o karire |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 胸を借りよ¹ 胸を借りろ² |
むねをかりよ¹ むねをかりろ² |
mune o kariyo¹ mune o kariro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 胸を借りられる | むねをかりられる | mune o karirareru |
| Causative | 胸を借りさせる 胸を借りさす |
むねをかりさせる むねをかりさす |
mune o karisaseru mune o karisasu |
| Potential | 胸を借りられる 胸を借りれる³ |
むねをかりられる むねをかりれる³ |
mune o karirareru mune o karireru³ |
| Volitional | 胸を借りよう | むねをかりよう | mune o kariyō |
| Negative | 胸を借りない 胸を借りぬ 胸を借りん |
むねをかりない むねをかりぬ むねをかりん |
mune o karinai mune o karinu mune o karin |
| Negative continuative | 胸を借りず | むねをかりず | mune o karizu |
| Formal | 胸を借ります | むねをかります | mune o karimasu |
| Perfective | 胸を借りた | むねをかりた | mune o karita |
| Conjunctive | 胸を借りて | むねをかりて | mune o karite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 胸を借りれば | むねをかりれば | mune o karireba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
See also
- 胸を貸す (mune o kasu)