足を洗う
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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足 | 洗 |
あし Grade: 1 |
あら Grade: 6 |
kun'yomi |
Verb
edit足を洗う • (ashi o arau) godan (stem 足を洗い (ashi o arai), past 足を洗った (ashi o aratta))
- (idiomatic) go straight, quit a shady business, wash one's hands of some work or lifestyle which is less than respectable
- 2017 October 31, “ギャンブル依存症「夫婦」の実態がやばすぎる……ラスベガス結婚式すっぽかしてカジノ、10年で借金は驚愕の……”, in Goraku Journal[1], archived from the original on 26 October 2020:
- (idiomatic, neologism) quit a business (regardless of its respectability)
- 2014 March 28, “私がIT業界から足を洗った10の理由”, in ZDNet Japan[2]:
Conjugation
editConjugation of "足を洗う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 足を洗わ | あしをあらわ | ashi o arawa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 足を洗い | あしをあらい | ashi o arai |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 足を洗う | あしをあらう | ashi o arau |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 足を洗う | あしをあらう | ashi o arau |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 足を洗え | あしをあらえ | ashi o arae |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 足を洗え | あしをあらえ | ashi o arae |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 足を洗われる | あしをあらわれる | ashi o arawareru |
Causative | 足を洗わせる 足を洗わす |
あしをあらわせる あしをあらわす |
ashi o arawaseru ashi o arawasu |
Potential | 足を洗える | あしをあらえる | ashi o araeru |
Volitional | 足を洗おう | あしをあらおう | ashi o araō |
Negative | 足を洗わない | あしをあらわない | ashi o arawanai |
Negative continuative | 足を洗わず | あしをあらわず | ashi o arawazu |
Formal | 足を洗います | あしをあらいます | ashi o araimasu |
Perfective | 足を洗った | あしをあらった | ashi o aratta |
Conjunctive | 足を洗って | あしをあらって | ashi o aratte |
Hypothetical conditional | 足を洗えば | あしをあらえば | ashi o araeba |
See also
edit- 手を染める (te o someru)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 足 read as あし
- Japanese terms spelled with 洗 read as あら
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese type 1 verbs
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- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
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