羽根突き

Japanese

羽根突き (hanetsuki): the two standing girls are playing battledore and shuttlecock.

Kanji in this term
羽	根	突
は Grade: 2	ね Grade: 3	つ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
羽根突き (kyūjitai) 羽根突 羽子突き 羽子突

Etymology

Compound of 羽根 (hane, “feather; shuttlecock”) +‎ 突き (tsuki, “striking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 突く tsuku, “to strike at”), from the way that players strike at the feather-covered shuttlecock to bat it back and forth.

First cited to a text from 1678.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はねつき [hànétsúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) はねつき [hànéꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ne̞t͡sɨ̥kʲi]

Noun

羽(は)根(ね)突(つ)き • (hanetsuki) 

1. Japanese battledore, battledore and shuttlecock

   A game similar to modern badminton, but played without a net, by using a wooden 羽子板 (hagoita, “batteldore, paddle”) to hit the 羽根 (hane, “shuttlecock”) back and forth in the air. Traditionally played in the winter, around the time of New Years.

Synonyms

• 羽根(はね)っこ (hanekko) (less common)
• 羽子突(はごつ)き (hagotsuki) (less common)

Verb

羽(は)根(ね)突(つ)きする • (hanetsuki suru) intransitive suru (stem 羽(は)根(ね)突(つ)きし (hanetsuki shi), past 羽(は)根(ね)突(つ)きした (hanetsuki shita))

1. to play battledore, to play battledore and shuttlecock

Conjugation

Conjugation of "羽根突きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	羽根突きし	はねつきし	hanetsuki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	羽根突きし	はねつきし	hanetsuki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	羽根突きする	はねつきする	hanetsuki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	羽根突きする	はねつきする	hanetsuki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	羽根突きすれ	はねつきすれ	hanetsuki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	羽根突きせよ¹ 羽根突きしろ²	はねつきせよ¹ はねつきしろ²	hanetsuki seyo¹ hanetsuki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	羽根突きされる	はねつきされる	hanetsuki sareru
Causative	羽根突きさせる 羽根突きさす	はねつきさせる はねつきさす	hanetsuki saseru hanetsuki sasu
Potential	羽根突きできる	はねつきできる	hanetsuki dekiru
Volitional	羽根突きしよう	はねつきしよう	hanetsuki shiyō
Negative	羽根突きしない	はねつきしない	hanetsuki shinai
Negative continuative	羽根突きせず	はねつきせず	hanetsuki sezu
Formal	羽根突きします	はねつきします	hanetsuki shimasu
Perfective	羽根突きした	はねつきした	hanetsuki shita
Conjunctive	羽根突きして	はねつきして	hanetsuki shite
Hypothetical conditional	羽根突きすれば	はねつきすれば	hanetsuki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Related terms

• 羽根(はね)を突(つ)く (hane o tsuku): to hit the shuttlecock → to play battledore and shuttlecock