鍵を握る
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鍵 | 握 |
| かぎ Grade: S |
にぎ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
鍵を握る • (kagi o nigiru) godan (stem 鍵を握り (kagi o nigiri), past 鍵を握った (kagi o nigitta))
- (idiomatic) to hold the key (to)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of "鍵を握る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 鍵を握ら | かぎをにぎら | kagi o nigira |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 鍵を握り | かぎをにぎり | kagi o nigiri |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 鍵を握る | かぎをにぎる | kagi o nigiru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 鍵を握る | かぎをにぎる | kagi o nigiru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 鍵を握れ | かぎをにぎれ | kagi o nigire |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 鍵を握れ | かぎをにぎれ | kagi o nigire |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 鍵を握られる | かぎをにぎられる | kagi o nigirareru |
| Causative | 鍵を握らせる 鍵を握らす |
かぎをにぎらせる かぎをにぎらす |
kagi o nigiraseru kagi o nigirasu |
| Potential | 鍵を握れる | かぎをにぎれる | kagi o nigireru |
| Volitional | 鍵を握ろう | かぎをにぎろう | kagi o nigirō |
| Negative | 鍵を握らない | かぎをにぎらない | kagi o nigiranai |
| Negative continuative | 鍵を握らず | かぎをにぎらず | kagi o nigirazu |
| Formal | 鍵を握ります | かぎをにぎります | kagi o nigirimasu |
| Perfective | 鍵を握った | かぎをにぎった | kagi o nigitta |
| Conjunctive | 鍵を握って | かぎをにぎって | kagi o nigitte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 鍵を握れば | かぎをにぎれば | kagi o nigireba |