ききわける

Japanese
Alternative spellings
聞き分ける
聞分ける

Etymology

From 聞(き)き (kiki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 聞(き)く (kiku, “to hear, to listen; to obey”)) + 分(わ)ける (wakeru).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ききわけ​る [kìkíwákéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲikʲiɰᵝa̠ke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ききわける • (kikiwakeru) ←ききわける (kikiwakeru)?ichidan (stem ききわけ (kikiwake), past ききわけた (kikiwaketa))

  1. to distinguish by listening
  2. to listen (obey)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "ききわける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ききわけ kikiwake
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ききわけ kikiwake
Shūshikei ("terminal") ききわける kikiwakeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ききわける kikiwakeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ききわけれ kikiwakere
Meireikei ("imperative") ききわけよ¹
ききわけろ²		 kikiwakeyo¹
kikiwakero²
Key constructions
Passive ききわけられる kikiwakerareru
Causative ききわけさせる
ききわけさす		 kikiwakesaseru
kikiwakesasu
Potential ききわけられる
ききわけれる³		 kikiwakerareru
kikiwakereru³
Volitional ききわけよう kikiwakeyō
Negative ききわけない
ききわけぬ
ききわけん		 kikiwakenai
kikiwakenu
kikiwaken
Negative continuative ききわけず kikiwakezu
Formal ききわけます kikiwakemasu
Perfective ききわけた kikiwaketa
Conjunctive ききわけて kikiwakete
Hypothetical conditional ききわければ kikiwakereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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