止めを刺す
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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止 | 刺 |
とど Grade: 2 |
さ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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とどめを刺す |
Etymology edit
From 止め (“finishing blow”) + を + 刺す (“to stab”).
Verb edit
止めを刺す • (todome o sasu) godan (stem 止めを刺し (todome o sashi), past 止めを刺した (todome o sashita))
- finish off, deliver the final blow (so to ensure (something) is dead)
- (idiomatic) deliver the final blow (so to ensure (someone or something) to have no hope for recovery)
- (idiomatic) ~に止めを刺す: to be the best for
- (idiomatic) to clearly explain (so to avoid problems that could happen later on)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of "止めを刺す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 止めを刺さ | とどめをささ | todome o sasa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 止めを刺し | とどめをさし | todome o sashi |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 止めを刺す | とどめをさす | todome o sasu |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 止めを刺す | とどめをさす | todome o sasu |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 止めを刺せ | とどめをさせ | todome o sase |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 止めを刺せ | とどめをさせ | todome o sase |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 止めを刺される | とどめをさされる | todome o sasareru |
Causative | 止めを刺させる 止めを刺さす |
とどめをささせる とどめをささす |
todome o sasaseru todome o sasasu |
Potential | 止めを刺せる | とどめをさせる | todome o saseru |
Volitional | 止めを刺そう | とどめをさそう | todome o sasō |
Negative | 止めを刺さない | とどめをささない | todome o sasanai |
Negative continuative | 止めを刺さず | とどめをささず | todome o sasazu |
Formal | 止めを刺します | とどめをさします | todome o sashimasu |
Perfective | 止めを刺した | とどめをさした | todome o sashita |
Conjunctive | 止めを刺して | とどめをさして | todome o sashite |
Hypothetical conditional | 止めを刺せば | とどめをさせば | todome o saseba |