ひあそび

Japanese

Alternative spellings
火遊び 火あそび

Etymology

From 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”) + 遊(あそ)び (asobi, “playing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 遊(あそ)ぶ (asobu, “to play”).”).

Compare English play with fire (“put oneself in a precarious situation”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひあ​そび [hìáꜜsòbì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çia̠so̞bʲi]

Noun

ひあそび • (hiasobi) 

1. playing with fire
2. (by extension) playing with fire (putting oneself in a precarious situation)
3. (by extension) being unfaithful in a romance

Verb

ひあそびする • (hiasobi suru) suru (stem ひあそびし (hiasobisuru shi), past ひあそびした (hiasobisuru shita))

1. to play with fire
2. (by extension) to play with fire (putting oneself in a precarious situation)
3. (by extension) to be unfaithful in a romance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ひあそびする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ひあそびし	hiasobi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ひあそびし	hiasobi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ひあそびする	hiasobi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ひあそびする	hiasobi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ひあそびすれ	hiasobi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	ひあそびせよ¹ ひあそびしろ²	hiasobi seyo¹ hiasobi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	ひあそびされる	hiasobi sareru
Causative	ひあそびさせる ひあそびさす	hiasobi saseru hiasobi sasu
Potential	ひあそびできる	hiasobi dekiru
Volitional	ひあそびしよう	hiasobi shiyō
Negative	ひあそびしない	hiasobi shinai
Negative continuative	ひあそびせず	hiasobi sezu
Formal	ひあそびします	hiasobi shimasu
Perfective	ひあそびした	hiasobi shita
Conjunctive	ひあそびして	hiasobi shite
Hypothetical conditional	ひあそびすれば	hiasobi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Alternative forms

• ひあそびをする (hiasobi o suru)