もたつく
Japanese
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) もたつく [mòtátsúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞ta̠t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
もたつく • (motatsuku) godan (stem もたつき (motatsuki), past もたついた (motatsuita), historical kana もたつく)
- (intransitive) to proceed slowly; to make poor progress
Conjugation
Conjugation of "もたつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | もたつか | motatsuka | |
| Continuative (連用形) | もたつき | motatsuki | |
| Terminal (終止形) | もたつく | motatsuku | |
| Attributive (連体形) | もたつく | motatsuku | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | もたつけ | motatsuke | |
| Imperative (命令形) | もたつけ | motatsuke | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | もたつかれる | motatsukareru | |
| Causative | もたつかせる もたつかす | motatsukaseru motatsukasu | |
| Potential | もたつける | motatsukeru | |
| Volitional | もたつこう | motatsukō | |
| Negative | もたつかない | motatsukanai | |
| Negative continuative | もたつかず | motatsukazu | |
| Formal | もたつきます | motatsukimasu | |
| Perfective | もたついた | motatsuita | |
| Conjunctive | もたついて | motatsuite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | もたつけば | motatsukeba | |
Related terms
- もたもた (motamota)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN