乗りこなす

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
乘りこなす (kyūjitai)
乗り熟す

Etymology

Compound of 乗り (nori, to ride, 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of the verb () (noru)) + こなす (konasu, suffix, to do something well, completely)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りこな [nòríkónáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [no̞ɾʲiko̞na̠sɨᵝ]

Verb

()りこなす • (norikonasu) transitive godan (stem ()りこなし (norikonashi), past ()りこなした (norikonashita))

  1. to manage skillfully, to maneuver (e.g. car, horse)
    駻馬(かんば)()りこなす
    kanba o norikonasu
    to maneuver an unruly horse

Conjugation

References

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