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一目置く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いち
Grade: 1
もく
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (いち)(もく) (ichimoku, (go) one stone) + () (oku, to put). The expression originally came from the weaker player in a game of go being allowed to place an extra stone as a handicap.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [it͡ɕimo̞kɯ̟ o̞kɯ̟]

Verb

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(いち)(もく)() (ichimoku okugodan (stem (いち)(もく)() (ichimoku oki), past (いち)(もく)()いた (ichimoku oita))

  1. (idiomatic) to take one's hat off, to acknowledge another's superiority
    だれも(いち)(もく)()(じん)(ぶつ )だ。
    Dare mo ga ichimoku oku jinbutsu da.
    It's the figure that everyone looks up to.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "一目置く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 一目置か いちもくおか ichimokuoka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 一目置き いちもくおき ichimokuoki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 一目置く いちもくおく ichimokuoku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 一目置く いちもくおく ichimokuoku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 一目置け いちもくおけ ichimokuoke
Meireikei ("imperative") 一目置け いちもくおけ ichimokuoke
Key constructions
Passive 一目置かれる いちもくおかれる ichimokuokareru
Causative 一目置かせる
一目置かす
いちもくおかせる
いちもくおかす
ichimokuokaseru
ichimokuokasu
Potential 一目置ける いちもくおける ichimokuokeru
Volitional 一目置こう いちもくおこう ichimokuokō
Negative 一目置かない いちもくおかない ichimokuokanai
Negative continuative 一目置かず いちもくおかず ichimokuokazu
Formal 一目置きます いちもくおきます ichimokuokimasu
Perfective 一目置いた いちもくおいた ichimokuoita
Conjunctive 一目置いて いちもくおいて ichimokuoite
Hypothetical conditional 一目置けば いちもくおけば ichimokuokeba