弾く

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
弾
ひ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Derived from 引 (ひ)く (hiku, “to pull”).

Verb

弾く (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 彈く, transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ひく, rōmaji hiku)

  1. play (a stringed or keyboard musical instrument)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "弾く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 弾か ひか hika
Continuative (連用形) 弾き ひき hiki
Terminal (終止形) 弾く ひく hiku
Attributive (連体形) 弾く ひく hiku
Hypothetical (仮定形) 弾け ひけ hike
Imperative (命令形) 弾け ひけ hike
Key constructions
Passive 弾かれる ひかれる hikareru
Causative 弾かせる
弾かす		 ひかせる
ひかす		 hikaseru
hikasu
Potential 弾ける ひける hikeru
Volitional 弾こう ひこう hikō
Negative 弾かない ひかない hikanai
Negative continuative 弾かず ひかず hikazu
Formal 弾きます ひきます hikimasu
Perfective 弾いた ひいた hiita
Conjunctive 弾いて ひいて hiite
Hypothetical conditional 弾けば ひけば hikeba
Classical conjugation of "弾く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 弾かひかfika
Continuative (連用形) 弾きひきfiki
Terminal (終止形) 弾くひくfiku
Attributive (連体形) 弾くひくfiku
Realis (已然形) 弾けひけfike
Imperative (命令形) 弾けひけfike
Key constructions
Negative 弾かずひかずfikazu
Contrasting conjunction 弾けどひけどfikedo
Causal conjunction 弾けばひけばfikeba
Conditional conjunction 弾かばひかばfikaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 弾ききひききfikiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 弾きけりひきけりfikikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 弾きつひきつfikitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 弾きぬひきぬfikinu
Perfect-continuative tense 弾けり
弾きたり		ひけり
ひきたり		fikeri
fikitari
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
弾
はじ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Verb

弾く (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 彈く, transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana はじく, rōmaji hajiku)

Japanese verb pair
active 弾 (はじ)く
mediopassive 弾 (はじ)ける
  1. to flick and make something spring/jump
    おはじきを弾 (はじ)く
    ohajiki o hajiku
    to fire the marble
    爪先 (つまさき)で弦 (つる)を弾 (はじ)く
    tsumasaki de tsuru o hajiku
    to pluck the string with finger
  2. (of materials) to reject; to repel (some external substance)
    このレインコートはよく水 (みず)を弾 (はじ)く
    kono reinkōto wa yoku mizu o hajiku
    This raincoat is well waterproof.
    鋼鉄 (こうてつ)の板 (いた)が銃 (じゅう)弾 (だん)を弾 (はじ)く
    kōtetsu no ita ga jūdan o hajiku
    The steel plates can resist bullets.
  3. (from the metaphor of beating beads of an abacus) to calculate
    損得 (そんとく)を弾 (はじ)いてみる
    sontoku o hajīte miru
    Let's calculate the loss and gain.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "弾く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 弾か はじか hajika
Continuative (連用形) 弾き はじき hajiki
Terminal (終止形) 弾く はじく hajiku
Attributive (連体形) 弾く はじく hajiku
Hypothetical (仮定形) 弾け はじけ hajike
Imperative (命令形) 弾け はじけ hajike
Key constructions
Passive 弾かれる はじかれる hajikareru
Causative 弾かせる
弾かす		 はじかせる
はじかす		 hajikaseru
hajikasu
Potential 弾ける はじける hajikeru
Volitional 弾こう はじこう hajikō
Negative 弾かない はじかない hajikanai
Negative continuative 弾かず はじかず hajikazu
Formal 弾きます はじきます hajikimasu
Perfective 弾いた はじいた hajiita
Conjunctive 弾いて はじいて hajiite
Hypothetical conditional 弾けば はじけば hajikeba
Classical conjugation of "弾く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 弾かはじかfazika
Continuative (連用形) 弾きはじきfaziki
Terminal (終止形) 弾くはじくfaziku
Attributive (連体形) 弾くはじくfaziku
Realis (已然形) 弾けはじけfazike
Imperative (命令形) 弾けはじけfazike
Key constructions
Negative 弾かずはじかずfazikazu
Contrasting conjunction 弾けどはじけどfazikedo
Causal conjunction 弾けばはじけばfazikeba
Conditional conjunction 弾かばはじかばfazikaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 弾ききはじききfazikiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 弾きけりはじきけりfazikikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 弾きつはじきつfazikitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 弾きぬはじきぬfazikinu
Perfect-continuative tense 弾けり
弾きたり		はじけり
はじきたり		fazikeri
fazikitari
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