置き惑わす

Japanese

From 置(お)き (oki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 置(お)く (oku, “to leave or place in a certain state”)) + 惑(まど)わす (madowasu, “to deceive, perplex”).

置(お)き惑(まど)わす • (okimadowasu) ^{←おきまどはす (okimadofasu)^?}transitive ^†yodan (Classical Japanese)

to seem difficult to distinguish
- 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 5, poem 277; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 29)
  心(こころ)あてに折(お)らばや折(お)らむ初(はつ)霜(しも)の置(お)きまどはせる白(しら)菊(ぎく)の花(はな)
  kokoro ate ni oraba ya oran hatsushimo no okimadowaseru shiragiku no hana
  (please add an English translation of this example)
to forget or lose sight of

Classical conjugation of "置き惑はす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	置き惑はさ	おきまどはさ	okimadofasa
Continuative (連用形)	置き惑はし	おきまどはし	okimadofasi
Terminal (終止形)	置き惑はす	おきまどはす	okimadofasu
Attributive (連体形)	置き惑はす	おきまどはす	okimadofasu
Realis (已然形)	置き惑はせ	おきまどはせ	okimadofase
Imperative (命令形)	置き惑はせ	おきまどはせ	okimadofase
Key constructions
Negative	置き惑はさず	おきまどはさず	okimadofasazu
Contrasting conjunction	置き惑はせど	おきまどはせど	okimadofasedo
Causal conjunction	置き惑はせば	おきまどはせば	okimadofaseba
Conditional conjunction	置き惑はさば	おきまどはさば	okimadofasaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	置き惑はしき	おきまどはしき	okimadofasiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	置き惑はしけり	おきまどはしけり	okimadofasikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	置き惑はしつ	おきまどはしつ	okimadofasitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	置き惑はしぬ	おきまどはしぬ	okimadofasinu
Perfect-continuative tense	置き惑はせり置き惑はしたり	おきまどはせりおきまどはしたり	okimadofaseri okimadofasitari
Volitional	置き惑はさむ	おきまどはさむ	okimadofasamu