囁く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
囁
ささや
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
私語く

Etymology

ささ (sasa, an onomatopoeia[1][2]) + やく (-yaku, a verb-forming suffix attaching to mimetic words[2])

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "囁く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 囁く ささや​く [sàsáyáꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 囁け ささや​け [sàsáyáꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 囁かれる ささやかれ​る [sàsáyákáréꜜrù]
Causative 囁かせる ささやかせ​る [sàsáyákáséꜜrù]
Potential 囁ける ささやけ​る [sàsáyákéꜜrù]
Volitional 囁こう ささやこ​ー [sàsáyákóꜜò]
Negative 囁かない ささやか​ない [sàsáyákáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 囁かなかった ささやか​なかった [sàsáyákáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 囁きます ささやきま​す [sàsáyákímáꜜsù]
Perfective 囁いた ささや​いた [sàsáyáꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 囁いて ささや​いて [sàsáyáꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 囁けば ささや​けば [sàsáyáꜜkèbà]

Verb

囁(ささや)く • (sasayaku) intransitive godan (stem 囁(ささや)き (sasayaki), past 囁(ささや)いた (sasayaita))

  1. to whisper; to murmur

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "囁く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 囁か ささやか sasayaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 囁き ささやき sasayaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 囁く ささやく sasayaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 囁く ささやく sasayaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 囁け ささやけ sasayake
Meireikei ("imperative") 囁け ささやけ sasayake
Key constructions
Passive 囁かれる ささやかれる sasayakareru
Causative 囁かせる
囁かす		 ささやかせる
ささやかす		 sasayakaseru
sasayakasu
Potential 囁ける ささやける sasayakeru
Volitional 囁こう ささやこう sasayakō
Negative 囁かない ささやかない sasayakanai
Negative continuative 囁かず ささやかず sasayakazu
Formal 囁きます ささやきます sasayakimasu
Perfective 囁いた ささやいた sasayaita
Conjunctive 囁いて ささやいて sasayaite
Hypothetical conditional 囁けば ささやけば sasayakeba

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →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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