ぞうきんがけ
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 雑巾掛け 雑巾掛 雑巾がけ |
Etymology
From 雑巾 (zōkin) + 掛け (kake). The kake changes to gake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ぞーきんがけ [zòókíńgáké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [d͡zo̞ːkʲĩŋɡa̠ke̞]
Noun
ぞうきんがけ • (zōkin-gake) ←ざふきんがけ (zafukin-gake)?
- wiping down the floor with a rag
Verb
ぞうきんがけする • (zōkin-gake suru) ←ざふきんがけ (zafukin-gake)? suru (stem ぞうきんがけし (zōkin-gake shi), past ぞうきんがけした (zōkin-gake shita))
- to wipe down the floor with a rag
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ぞうきんがけする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | ぞうきんがけし | ぞうきんがけし | zōkin-gake shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | ぞうきんがけし | ぞうきんがけし | zōkin-gake shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | ぞうきんがけする | ぞうきんがけする | zōkin-gake suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | ぞうきんがけする | ぞうきんがけする | zōkin-gake suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | ぞうきんがけすれ | ぞうきんがけすれ | zōkin-gake sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | ぞうきんがけせよ¹ ぞうきんがけしろ² | ぞうきんがけせよ¹ ぞうきんがけしろ² | zōkin-gake seyo¹ zōkin-gake shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | ぞうきんがけされる | ぞうきんがけされる | zōkin-gake sareru | |
| Causative | ぞうきんがけさせる ぞうきんがけさす | ぞうきんがけさせる ぞうきんがけさす | zōkin-gake saseru zōkin-gake sasu | |
| Potential | ぞうきんがけできる | ぞうきんがけできる | zōkin-gake dekiru | |
| Volitional | ぞうきんがけしよう | ぞうきんがけしよう | zōkin-gake shiyō | |
| Negative | ぞうきんがけしない | ぞうきんがけしない | zōkin-gake shinai | |
| Negative continuative | ぞうきんがけせず | ぞうきんがけせず | zōkin-gake sezu | |
| Formal | ぞうきんがけします | ぞうきんがけします | zōkin-gake shimasu | |
| Perfective | ぞうきんがけした | ぞうきんがけした | zōkin-gake shita | |
| Conjunctive | ぞうきんがけして | ぞうきんがけして | zōkin-gake shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ぞうきんがけすれば | ぞうきんがけすれば | zōkin-gake sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN