爪に火を灯す
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||
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爪 | 火 | 灯 |
つめ Grade: S |
ひ Grade: 1 |
とも Grade: 4 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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爪に火を燈す (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editCompound of 爪 (tsume, “nail”) + に (火) + ひ (o, “fire”) + 灯す (tomosu, “to light up”). Literally, “to light up one's nails”.
Verb
edit爪に火を灯す • (tsume ni hi o tomosu) godan (stem 爪に火を灯し (tsume ni hi o tomoshi), past 爪に火を灯した (tsume ni hi o tomoshita))
- (idiomatic) pinch pennies, live a stingy life
Conjugation
editConjugation of "爪に火を灯す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 爪に火を灯さ | つめにひをともさ | tsume ni hi o tomosa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 爪に火を灯し | つめにひをともし | tsume ni hi o tomoshi |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 爪に火を灯す | つめにひをともす | tsume ni hi o tomosu |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 爪に火を灯す | つめにひをともす | tsume ni hi o tomosu |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 爪に火を灯せ | つめにひをともせ | tsume ni hi o tomose |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 爪に火を灯せ | つめにひをともせ | tsume ni hi o tomose |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 爪に火を灯される | つめにひをともされる | tsume ni hi o tomosareru |
Causative | 爪に火を灯させる 爪に火を灯さす |
つめにひをともさせる つめにひをともさす |
tsume ni hi o tomosaseru tsume ni hi o tomosasu |
Potential | 爪に火を灯せる | つめにひをともせる | tsume ni hi o tomoseru |
Volitional | 爪に火を灯そう | つめにひをともそう | tsume ni hi o tomosō |
Negative | 爪に火を灯さない | つめにひをともさない | tsume ni hi o tomosanai |
Negative continuative | 爪に火を灯さず | つめにひをともさず | tsume ni hi o tomosazu |
Formal | 爪に火を灯します | つめにひをともします | tsume ni hi o tomoshimasu |
Perfective | 爪に火を灯した | つめにひをともした | tsume ni hi o tomoshita |
Conjunctive | 爪に火を灯して | つめにひをともして | tsume ni hi o tomoshite |
Hypothetical conditional | 爪に火を灯せば | つめにひをともせば | tsume ni hi o tomoseba |
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 爪 read as つめ
- Japanese terms spelled with 火 read as ひ
- Japanese terms spelled with 灯 read as とも
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese type 1 verbs
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with を
- Japanese idioms