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しく

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of しく – see the following entries.
市区
[noun] municipal district
四苦
[noun] (Buddhism) the four kinds of suffering: birth, old age, disease and death
(This term, しく (shiku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しく.

Etymology 2

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Alternative spellings
敷く
布く
施く (rare)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sik-.

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 敷く
Plain 敷く [shìkú]
Conjunctive 敷いて いて [shìíté]
Perfective 敷いた いた [shìítá]
Negative 敷かない かない [shìkánáí]
Negative perfective 敷かなかった かなかった [shìkánáꜜkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional 敷けば [shìkéꜜbà]
Past conditional 敷いたら いた [shìítáꜜrà]
Imperative 敷け [shìké]
Volitional 敷こう [shìkóꜜò]
Desiderative 敷きたい きたい [shìkítáí]
Formal 敷きます きま [shìkímáꜜsù]
Formal negative 敷きません きませ [shìkímáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 敷きましょう きましょ [shìkímáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 敷きました きました [shìkímáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 敷き
敷きに

きに
[shìkí]
[shìkí ní]
Negative continuative 敷かず
敷かずに
かず
かずに
[shìkázú]
[shìkázú ní]
Passive 敷かれる かれる [shìkárérú]
Causative 敷かせる
敷かす
かせる
かす
[shìkásérú]
[shìkású]
Potential 敷ける ける [shìkérú]

Verb

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しく (shikuしく (siku)?godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita))

  1. to spread, to lay out flat
    絨毯(じゅうたん)()jūtan o shikuto lay a rug
  2. to install
    定年制(ていねんせい)()
    teinensei o shiku
    to implement a mandatory retirement
Conjugation
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Conjugation of "しく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しか shika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しき shiki
Shūshikei ("terminal") しく shiku
Rentaikei ("attributive") しく shiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しけ shike
Meireikei ("imperative") しけ shike
Key constructions
Passive しかれる shikareru
Causative しかせる
しかす
shikaseru
shikasu
Potential しける shikeru
Volitional しこう shikō
Negative しかない shikanai
Negative continuative しかず shikazu
Formal しきます shikimasu
Perfective しいた shiita
Conjunctive しいて shiite
Hypothetical conditional しけば shikeba
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Alternative spellings
如く
若く
及く

Pronunciation

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Verb

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しく (shikuしく (siku)?godan (stem しき (shiki), past しいた (shiita))

  1. to equal; to match; to be comparable with; to rival
Conjugation
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Conjugation of "しく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しか shika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しき shiki
Shūshikei ("terminal") しく shiku
Rentaikei ("attributive") しく shiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しけ shike
Meireikei ("imperative") しけ shike
Key constructions
Passive しかれる shikareru
Causative しかせる
しかす
shikaseru
shikasu
Potential しける shikeru
Volitional しこう shikō
Negative しかない shikanai
Negative continuative しかず shikazu
Formal しきます shikimasu
Perfective しいた shiita
Conjunctive しいて shiite
Hypothetical conditional しけば shikeba
Derived terms
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN