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匙を投げる
匙を投げる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 匙 | 投 |
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さじ Hyōgaiji |
な(げる) Grade: 3 |
Verb
匙を投げる (ichidan conjugation, hiragana さじをなげる, romaji saji o nageru)
- literally, “to throw the spoon” → to throw in the towel, to give up, to quit
Conjugation
Conjugation of "匙を投げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 匙を投げ | さじをなげ | saji o nage | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 匙を投げ | さじをなげ | saji o nage | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 匙を投げる | さじをなげる | saji o nageru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 匙を投げる | さじをなげる | saji o nageru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 匙を投げれ | さじをなげれ | saji o nagere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 匙を投げよ¹ 匙を投げろ² |
さじをなげよ¹ さじをなげろ² |
saji o nageyo¹ saji o nagero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 匙を投げられる | さじをなげられる | saji o nagerareru | |
| Causative | 匙を投げさせる 匙を投げさす |
さじをなげさせる さじをなげさす |
saji o nagesaseru saji o nagesasu |
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| Potential | 匙を投げられる 匙を投げれる³ |
さじをなげられる さじをなげれる³ |
saji o nagerareru saji o nagereru³ |
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| Volitional | 匙を投げよう | さじをなげよう | saji o nageyō | |
| Negative | 匙を投げない 匙を投げぬ 匙を投げん |
さじをなげない さじをなげぬ さじをなげん |
saji o nagenai saji o nagenu saji o nagen |
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| Negative continuative | 匙を投げず | さじをなげず | saji o nagezu | |
| Formal | 匙を投げます | さじをなげます | saji o nagemasu | |
| Perfective | 匙を投げた | さじをなげた | saji o nageta | |
| Conjunctive | 匙を投げて | さじをなげて | saji o nagete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 匙を投げれば | さじをなげれば | saji o nagereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Synonyms
- お手上げ (oteage): throwing up one's hands (noun)
- 手を上げる (te o ageru): to raise one's hands (less common in this meaning than お手上げ)