嗜む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たしな
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Shift in meaning from (たしな) (tashinamu), from たしない (tashinai, difficult, agonizing; poor, lacking, an adjective) + (-mu), from たし (tashi, an element also found in (たし) (tashika, certain; reliable) and たしに (tashi ni)) + ない (-nai, very much that quality or state).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

(たしな) • (tashinamu) transitive godan (stem (たしな) (tashinami), past (たしな)んだ (tashinanda))

  1. have a taste for
  2. to master (an art or skill)

Conjugation

References

  1. 嗜む”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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