つぎはぎ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
継ぎ接ぎ

Etymology

From 継(つ)ぎ (tsugi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 継(つ)ぐ (tsugu).”) + 接(は)ぎ (hagi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 接(は)ぐ (hagu).”).

Noun

つぎはぎ • (tsugihagi) 

1. patching clothing
2. throwing together words or ideas from others

Verb

つぎはぎする • (tsugihagi suru) suru (stem つぎはぎし (tsugihagi shi), past つぎはぎした (tsugihagi shita))

1. patch
2. patch together (an essay etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "つぎはぎする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	つぎはぎし	tsugihagi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	つぎはぎし	tsugihagi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	つぎはぎする	tsugihagi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	つぎはぎする	tsugihagi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	つぎはぎすれ	tsugihagi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	つぎはぎせよ¹ つぎはぎしろ²	tsugihagi seyo¹ tsugihagi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	つぎはぎされる	tsugihagi sareru
Causative	つぎはぎさせる つぎはぎさす	tsugihagi saseru tsugihagi sasu
Potential	つぎはぎできる	tsugihagi dekiru
Volitional	つぎはぎしよう	tsugihagi shiyō
Negative	つぎはぎしない	tsugihagi shinai
Negative continuative	つぎはぎせず	tsugihagi sezu
Formal	つぎはぎします	tsugihagi shimasu
Perfective	つぎはぎした	tsugihagi shita
Conjunctive	つぎはぎして	tsugihagi shite
Hypothetical conditional	つぎはぎすれば	tsugihagi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative