出鼻を折る
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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出 | 鼻 | 折 |
で Grade: 1 |
はな > ばな Grade: 3 |
お Grade: 4 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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出端を折る |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 出鼻 (debana, “the start”) + を + 折る (oru, “to bend”).
Verb
[edit]出鼻を折る • (debana o oru) godan (stem 出鼻を折り (debana o ori), past 出鼻を折った (debana o otta))
- (idiomatic) to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
- Synonym: 出鼻をくじく (debana o kujiku)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "出鼻を折る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 出鼻を折ら | でばなをおら | debana o ora |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 出鼻を折り | でばなをおり | debana o ori |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 出鼻を折る | でばなをおる | debana o oru |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 出鼻を折る | でばなをおる | debana o oru |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 出鼻を折れ | でばなをおれ | debana o ore |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 出鼻を折れ | でばなをおれ | debana o ore |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 出鼻を折られる | でばなをおられる | debana o orareru |
Causative | 出鼻を折らせる 出鼻を折らす |
でばなをおらせる でばなをおらす |
debana o oraseru debana o orasu |
Potential | 出鼻を折れる | でばなをおれる | debana o oreru |
Volitional | 出鼻を折ろう | でばなをおろう | debana o orō |
Negative | 出鼻を折らない | でばなをおらない | debana o oranai |
Negative continuative | 出鼻を折らず | でばなをおらず | debana o orazu |
Formal | 出鼻を折ります | でばなをおります | debana o orimasu |
Perfective | 出鼻を折った | でばなをおった | debana o otta |
Conjunctive | 出鼻を折って | でばなをおって | debana o otte |
Hypothetical conditional | 出鼻を折れば | でばなをおれば | debana o oreba |
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 出 read as で
- Japanese terms spelled with 鼻 read as はな
- Japanese terms spelled with 折 read as お
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese godan verbs
- Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with を
- Japanese idioms