あしぶみ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
足踏み

Etymology

From 足(あし) (ashi) + 踏(ふ)み (fumi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 踏(ふ)む (fumu).”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あしぶみ [àshíbúꜜmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) あしぶみ [àshíbúmí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɕibɯ̟mʲi]

Noun

あしぶみ • (ashibumi) ^{←あしぶみ (asibumi)?}

1. stamping one's feet
2. making no progress

Verb

あしぶみする • (ashibumi suru) ^{←あしぶみ (asibumi)?}suru (stem あしぶみし (ashibumi shi), past あしぶみした (ashibumi shita))

1. to stamp one's feet
2. to make no progress

Conjugation

Conjugation of "あしぶみする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	あしぶみし	ashibumi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	あしぶみし	ashibumi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	あしぶみする	ashibumi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	あしぶみする	ashibumi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	あしぶみすれ	ashibumi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	あしぶみせよ¹ あしぶみしろ²	ashibumi seyo¹ ashibumi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	あしぶみされる	ashibumi sareru
Causative	あしぶみさせる あしぶみさす	ashibumi saseru ashibumi sasu
Potential	あしぶみできる	ashibumi dekiru
Volitional	あしぶみしよう	ashibumi shiyō
Negative	あしぶみしない	ashibumi shinai
Negative continuative	あしぶみせず	ashibumi sezu
Formal	あしぶみします	ashibumi shimasu
Perfective	あしぶみした	ashibumi shita
Conjunctive	あしぶみして	ashibumi shite
Hypothetical conditional	あしぶみすれば	ashibumi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative