八百長
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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八 | 百 | 長 |
や Grade: 1 |
お Grade: 1 |
ちょう Grade: 2 |
Etymology
editSaid to derive from 八百長 (Yaochō), the nickname of a 八百屋 (yaoya, “greengrocer”) named 長兵衛 (Chōbē) who was suspected of intentionally losing go games according to folk etymology.
Noun
edit- (sports) match fixing; collusion to pre-determine the outcome of a game or match, usually for gambling purposes
Verb
edit八百長する • (yaochō suru) suru (stem 八百長し (yaochō shi), past 八百長した (yaochō shita))
Conjugation
editConjugation of "八百長する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 八百長し | やおちょうし | yaochō shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 八百長し | やおちょうし | yaochō shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 八百長する | やおちょうする | yaochō suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 八百長する | やおちょうする | yaochō suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 八百長すれ | やおちょうすれ | yaochō sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 八百長せよ¹ 八百長しろ² |
やおちょうせよ¹ やおちょうしろ² |
yaochō seyo¹ yaochō shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 八百長される | やおちょうされる | yaochō sareru | |
Causative | 八百長させる 八百長さす |
やおちょうさせる やおちょうさす |
yaochō saseru yaochō sasu | |
Potential | 八百長できる | やおちょうできる | yaochō dekiru | |
Volitional | 八百長しよう | やおちょうしよう | yaochō shiyō | |
Negative | 八百長しない | やおちょうしない | yaochō shinai | |
Negative continuative | 八百長せず | やおちょうせず | yaochō sezu | |
Formal | 八百長します | やおちょうします | yaochō shimasu | |
Perfective | 八百長した | やおちょうした | yaochō shita | |
Conjunctive | 八百長して | やおちょうして | yaochō shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 八百長すれば | やおちょうすれば | yaochō sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 八 read as や
- Japanese terms spelled with 百 read as お
- Japanese terms spelled with 長 read as ちょう
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