駆け引き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駆	引
か Grade: S	ひ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
驅け引き (kyūjitai) 駈け引き 懸け引き 掛け引き

Etymology

Compound of 駆け (kake, “running, pressing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 駆ける (kakeru, “to press on, to run”)) +‎ 引き (hiki, “pulling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 引く (hiku, “to pull, to draw”)), literally meaning "pressing forward, pulling back".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かけ​ひき [kàkéꜜhìkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ke̞çikʲi]

Noun

駆(か)け引(ひ)き • (kakehiki) 

1. (military) the advance and retreat of troops: tactics

   あの大名(だいみょう)は戦(いくさ)の駆(か)け引(ひ)きがうまかった。

   Ano daimyō wa ikusa no kakehiki ga umakatta.

   That daimyō was good at battle tactics.

2. (business, general): trick or tactics in negotiations, bargaining or haggling for a good price, give and take

   駆(か)け引(ひ)きが上手(じょうず)な人(ひと)

   kakehiki ga jōzu na hito

   a person good at bargaining: a good bargainer, someone who drives a hard bargain

   駆(か)け引(ひ)きなしで商売(しょうばい)する

   kakehiki nashi de shōbai suru

   to do business without haggling, to do business fair and square

   恋(こい)の駆(か)け引(ひ)き

   koi no kakehiki

   the give and take or maneuverings of love

Verb

駆(か)け引(ひ)きする • (kakehiki suru) suru (stem 駆(か)け引(ひ)きし (kakehiki shi), past 駆(か)け引(ひ)きした (kakehiki shita))

1. to engage in tactics
2. to bargain, to haggle, to give and take

Conjugation

Conjugation of "駆け引きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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