まぜがき

まぜがき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
交ぜ書き 混ぜ書き

Examples
辛辣(しんらつ) (shinratsu)→辛(しん)らつ (shinratsu) 隠蔽(いんぺい) (inpei)→隠(いん)ぺい (inpei)

Etymology

From 交(ま)ぜ (maze, “mixing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 交(ま)ぜる (mazeru, “to mix”).”) + 書(か)き (kaki, “writing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まぜがき [màzégákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ze̞ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

まぜがき • (mazegaki)  (historical kana まぜがき)

1. (orthography) Writing certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead. This may be motivated by reasons such as a kanji being excluded from the list of 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji).

Verb

まぜがきする • (mazegaki suru) suru (stem まぜがきし (mazegaki shi), past まぜがきした (mazegaki shita), historical kana まぜがきする)

1. (orthography) to write certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead

Conjugation

Conjugation of "まぜがきする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	まぜがきし	mazegaki shi
Continuative (連用形)	まぜがきし	mazegaki shi
Terminal (終止形)	まぜがきする	mazegaki suru
Attributive (連体形)	まぜがきする	mazegaki suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	まぜがきすれ	mazegaki sure
Imperative (命令形)	まぜがきせよ¹ まぜがきしろ²	mazegaki seyo¹ mazegaki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	まぜがきされる	mazegaki sareru
Causative	まぜがきさせる まぜがきさす	mazegaki saseru mazegaki sasu
Potential	まぜがきできる	mazegaki dekiru
Volitional	まぜがきしよう	mazegaki shiyō
Negative	まぜがきしない	mazegaki shinai
Negative continuative	まぜがきせず	mazegaki sezu
Formal	まぜがきします	mazegaki shimasu
Perfective	まぜがきした	mazegaki shita
Conjunctive	まぜがきして	mazegaki shite
Hypothetical conditional	まぜがきすれば	mazegaki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN