命乞い
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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命 | 乞 |
いのち Grade: 3 |
こ > ご Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 命 (inochi, “life”) + 乞い (koi, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞う (kou, “to beg”)). The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) いのちごい [ìnóchígóí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) いのちごい [ìnóchígóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [ino̞t͡ɕiɡo̞i]
Noun
[edit]命乞い • (inochigoi) ←いのちごひ (inotigofi)?
- the act of begging for mercy
- 1954, Kensaku Shimaki, “黑猫 [Black Cat]”, in 赤蛙 : 他八篇[1], Tōkyō: Kadokawa Shoten, page 181:
Verb
[edit]命乞いする • (inochigoi suru) ←いのちごひ (inotigofi)?intransitive suru (stem 命乞いし (inochigoi shi), past 命乞いした (inochigoi shita))
- to beg for mercy; to beg to have one's own life spared
- 敵に命乞いする
- teki ni inochigoi suru
- to beg for enemies' mercy
- 敵に命乞いする
- (archaic) to pray to deities for longevity
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "命乞いする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 命乞いし | いのちごいし | inochigoi shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 命乞いし | いのちごいし | inochigoi shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 命乞いする | いのちごいする | inochigoi suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 命乞いする | いのちごいする | inochigoi suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 命乞いすれ | いのちごいすれ | inochigoi sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 命乞いせよ¹ 命乞いしろ² |
いのちごいせよ¹ いのちごいしろ² |
inochigoi seyo¹ inochigoi shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 命乞いされる | いのちごいされる | inochigoi sareru | |
Causative | 命乞いさせる 命乞いさす |
いのちごいさせる いのちごいさす |
inochigoi saseru inochigoi sasu | |
Potential | 命乞いできる | いのちごいできる | inochigoi dekiru | |
Volitional | 命乞いしよう | いのちごいしよう | inochigoi shiyō | |
Negative | 命乞いしない | いのちごいしない | inochigoi shinai | |
Negative continuative | 命乞いせず | いのちごいせず | inochigoi sezu | |
Formal | 命乞いします | いのちごいします | inochigoi shimasu | |
Perfective | 命乞いした | いのちごいした | inochigoi shita | |
Conjunctive | 命乞いして | いのちごいして | inochigoi shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 命乞いすれば | いのちごいすれば | inochigoi sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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