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囁く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ささや
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
私語く

Etymology

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ささ (sasa, an onomatopoeia[1][2]) + やく (-yaku, a verb-forming suffix attaching to mimetic words[2])

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「囁く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
囁く さや [sàsáyáꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 囁け さや [sàsáyáꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 囁かれる さやかれ [sàsáyákáréꜜrù]
Causative 囁かせる さやかせ [sàsáyákáséꜜrù]
Potential 囁ける さやけ [sàsáyákéꜜrù]
Volitional 囁こう さやこ [sàsáyákóꜜò]
Negative 囁かない さやかない [sàsáyákáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 囁かなかった さやかなかった [sàsáyákáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 囁きます さやきま [sàsáyákímáꜜsù]
Perfective 囁いた さやいた [sàsáyáꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 囁いて さやいて [sàsáyáꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 囁けば さやけば [sàsáyáꜜkèbà]

Verb

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(ささや) (sasayakuintransitive godan (stem (ささや) (sasayaki), past (ささや)いた (sasayaita))

  1. to whisper; to murmur

Usage notes

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This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 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
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN