あしぶみ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
足踏み

Etymology

From 足(あし) (ashi) + 踏(ふ)み (fumi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 踏(ふ)む (fumu).”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

あしぶみ • (ashibumi) ←あしぶみ (asibumi)?

  1. stamping one's feet
  2. making no progress

Verb

あしぶみする • (ashibumi suru) ←あしぶみ (asibumi)?suru (stem あしぶみし (ashibumi suru shi), past あしぶみした (ashibumi suru shita))

  1. to stamp one's feet
  2. to make no progress

Conjugation
Conjugation of "あしぶみする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") あしぶみし ashibumi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") あしぶみし ashibumi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") あしぶみする ashibumi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") あしぶみする ashibumi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") あしぶみすれ ashibumi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") あしぶみせよ¹
あしぶみしろ²		 ashibumi seyo¹
ashibumi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive あしぶみされる ashibumi sareru
Causative あしぶみさせる
あしぶみさす		 ashibumi saseru
ashibumi sasu
Potential あしぶみできる ashibumi dekiru
Volitional あしぶみしよう ashibumi shiyō
Negative あしぶみしない ashibumi shinai
Negative continuative あしぶみせず ashibumi sezu
Formal あしぶみします ashibumi shimasu
Perfective あしぶみした ashibumi shita
Conjunctive あしぶみして ashibumi shite
Hypothetical conditional あしぶみすれば ashibumi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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