匙を投げる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
匙	投
さじ Hyōgai	な Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Phrase composed of 匙 (saji, “spoon”, more specifically, for administering medicine) + を (o, object particle) + 投げる (nageru, “to throw”): "to throw a spoon". An expression of defeat, throwing away the medicine spoon because the disease has proven too strong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ʑi o̞ na̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

匙(さじ)を投(な)げる • (saji o nageru) ichidan (stem 匙(さじ)を投(な)げ (saji o nage), past 匙(さじ)を投(な)げた (saji o nageta))

1. to throw in the towel, to give up, to quit

Conjugation

Conjugation of "匙を投げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	匙を投げ	さじをなげ	saji o nage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	匙を投げ	さじをなげ	saji o nage
Shūshikei ("terminal")	匙を投げる	さじをなげる	saji o nageru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	匙を投げる	さじをなげる	saji o nageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	匙を投げれ	さじをなげれ	saji o nagere
Meireikei ("imperative")	匙を投げよ¹ 匙を投げろ²	さじをなげよ¹ さじをなげろ²	saji o nageyo¹ saji o nagero²
Key constructions
Passive	匙を投げられる	さじをなげられる	saji o nagerareru
Causative	匙を投げさせる 匙を投げさす	さじをなげさせる さじをなげさす	saji o nagesaseru saji o nagesasu
Potential	匙を投げられる 匙を投げれる³	さじをなげられる さじをなげれる³	saji o nagerareru saji o nagereru³
Volitional	匙を投げよう	さじをなげよう	saji o nageyō
Negative	匙を投げない 匙を投げぬ 匙を投げん	さじをなげない さじをなげぬ さじをなげん	saji o nagenai saji o nagenu saji o nagen
Negative continuative	匙を投げず	さじをなげず	saji o nagezu
Formal	匙を投げます	さじをなげます	saji o nagemasu
Perfective	匙を投げた	さじをなげた	saji o nageta
Conjunctive	匙を投げて	さじをなげて	saji o nagete
Hypothetical conditional	匙を投げれば	さじをなげれば	saji o nagereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

• お手上(てあ)げ (oteage): throwing up one's hands (noun)
• 手(て)を上(あ)げる (te o ageru): to raise one's hands (less common in this meaning than お手上げ)