霜降り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しも
Grade: S

Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
霜降

Etymology

From (しも) (shimo, frost) + () (furi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (furu, fall).).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) もふり [shìmófúrí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕimo̞ɸɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

(しも)() • (shimofuri

  1. a pattern of white speckles in textiles or feathers
  2. (of meat) marbling
  3. (cooking) blanching

Derived terms

Verb

(しも)()する • (shimofuri surusuru (stem (しも)() (shimofuri shi), past (しも)()した (shimofuri shita))

  1. (cooking) to blanch

Conjugation

Conjugation of "霜降りする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 霜降りし しもふりし shimofuri shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 霜降りし しもふりし shimofuri shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 霜降りする しもふりする shimofuri suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 霜降りする しもふりする shimofuri suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 霜降りすれ しもふりすれ shimofuri sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 霜降りせよ¹
霜降りしろ²
しもふりせよ¹
しもふりしろ²
shimofuri seyo¹
shimofuri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 霜降りされる しもふりされる shimofuri sareru
Causative 霜降りさせる
霜降りさす
しもふりさせる
しもふりさす
shimofuri saseru
shimofuri sasu
Potential 霜降りできる しもふりできる shimofuri dekiru
Volitional 霜降りしよう しもふりしよう shimofuri shiyō
Negative 霜降りしない しもふりしない shimofuri shinai
Negative continuative 霜降りせず しもふりせず shimofuri sezu
Formal 霜降りします しもふりします shimofuri shimasu
Perfective 霜降りした しもふりした shimofuri shita
Conjunctive 霜降りして しもふりして shimofuri shite
Hypothetical conditional 霜降りすれば しもふりすれば shimofuri sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN