Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
わきま
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
辨える (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(わきま)える (wakimaerutransitive ichidan (stem (わきま) (wakimae), past (わきま)えた (wakimaeta))

  1. distinguish, tell something from another thing
  2. to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
    (えら)そうな(ことい)(まえ)()(ほど)わきまえろっ
    Erasō na koto iu mae ni mi no hodo wakimaero'!
    Know your place before you say anything pretentious!

Usage notes edit

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN