出鼻をくじく
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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出 | 鼻 |
で Grade: 1 |
はな > ばな Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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出鼻を挫く 出端をくじく 出端を挫く 出ばなをくじく 出ばなを挫く 出鼻を挫く 出端をくじく 出端を挫く |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 出鼻 (debana, “the start”) + を + 挫く (kujiku, “to dampen one's spirit”).
Verb
[edit]出鼻をくじく • (debana o kujiku) godan (stem 出鼻をくじき (debana o kujiki), past 出鼻をくじいた (debana o kujiita))
- (idiomatic) to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
- Synonym: 出鼻を折る (debana o oru)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "出鼻をくじく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 出鼻をくじか | でばなをくじか | debana o kujika |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 出鼻をくじき | でばなをくじき | debana o kujiki |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 出鼻をくじく | でばなをくじく | debana o kujiku |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 出鼻をくじく | でばなをくじく | debana o kujiku |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 出鼻をくじけ | でばなをくじけ | debana o kujike |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 出鼻をくじけ | でばなをくじけ | debana o kujike |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 出鼻をくじかれる | でばなをくじかれる | debana o kujikareru |
Causative | 出鼻をくじかせる 出鼻をくじかす |
でばなをくじかせる でばなをくじかす |
debana o kujikaseru debana o kujikasu |
Potential | 出鼻をくじける | でばなをくじける | debana o kujikeru |
Volitional | 出鼻をくじこう | でばなをくじこう | debana o kujikō |
Negative | 出鼻をくじかない | でばなをくじかない | debana o kujikanai |
Negative continuative | 出鼻をくじかず | でばなをくじかず | debana o kujikazu |
Formal | 出鼻をくじきます | でばなをくじきます | debana o kujikimasu |
Perfective | 出鼻をくじいた | でばなをくじいた | debana o kujiita |
Conjunctive | 出鼻をくじいて | でばなをくじいて | debana o kujiite |
Hypothetical conditional | 出鼻をくじけば | でばなをくじけば | debana o kujikeba |
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