しがみつく

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spelling
しがみ付く

Etymology[edit]

Compound of しがみ (shigami, continuative of しがむ (shigamu, to bite hard)) + () (tsuku, to stick, adhere).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

しがみつく (shigamitsukuintransitive godan (stem しがみつき (shigamitsuki), past しがみついた (shigamitsuita))

  1. cling to
    Synonym: 食い下がる
    (はは)(おや)しがみつく
    hahaoya ni shigamitsuku
    to cling to one's mother

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN