狸寝入り
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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狸 | 寝 | 入 |
たぬき Hyōgai |
ね Grade: S |
い Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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狸寢入り (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From 狸 (tanuki, “raccoon dog”) + 寝 (ne, “sleep”) + 入り (iri, “entering”, stem of 入る (iru, “to enter”)), from raccoon dogs' way of playing dead under threat. Compare English play possum. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
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Noun
狸寝入り • (tanukineiri)
- feigning sleep; playing possum
- 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第63話 幼い記憶”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド, volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 99:
- わかってんじゃないだったら こんな美人を置いて何処へ行くつもり?
- Wakatten ja nai dattara Konna bijin o oite doko e iku tsumori?
- Hey, you’re just gonna go and abandon this beauty here?
- Tanukineiri to wa ii shumi shiten na‼
- Wow, is it fun feigning sleep for no reason⁉
- Gokai yo Anta o shinpai shite hitobanjū tsuresotte agetan da kara…
- Nah, it’s just that I was worrying about my man all night long…
- わかってんじゃないだったら こんな美人を置いて何処へ行くつもり?
Verb
狸寝入りする • (tanukineiri suru) suru (stem 狸寝入りし (tanukineiri shi), past 狸寝入りした (tanukineiri shita))
- to feign sleep; to play possum
Conjugation
Conjugation of "狸寝入りする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 狸寝入りし | たぬきねいりし | tanukineiri shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 狸寝入りし | たぬきねいりし | tanukineiri shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 狸寝入りする | たぬきねいりする | tanukineiri suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 狸寝入りする | たぬきねいりする | tanukineiri suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 狸寝入りすれ | たぬきねいりすれ | tanukineiri sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 狸寝入りせよ¹ 狸寝入りしろ² |
たぬきねいりせよ¹ たぬきねいりしろ² |
tanukineiri seyo¹ tanukineiri shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 狸寝入りされる | たぬきねいりされる | tanukineiri sareru | |
Causative | 狸寝入りさせる 狸寝入りさす |
たぬきねいりさせる たぬきねいりさす |
tanukineiri saseru tanukineiri sasu | |
Potential | 狸寝入りできる | たぬきねいりできる | tanukineiri dekiru | |
Volitional | 狸寝入りしよう | たぬきねいりしよう | tanukineiri shiyō | |
Negative | 狸寝入りしない | たぬきねいりしない | tanukineiri shinai | |
Negative continuative | 狸寝入りせず | たぬきねいりせず | tanukineiri sezu | |
Formal | 狸寝入りします | たぬきねいりします | tanukineiri shimasu | |
Perfective | 狸寝入りした | たぬきねいりした | tanukineiri shita | |
Conjunctive | 狸寝入りして | たぬきねいりして | tanukineiri shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 狸寝入りすれば | たぬきねいりすれば | tanukineiri sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
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