もじる

Japanese
Alternative spelling
捩る

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もじ​る [mòjíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ʑiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

もじる • (mojiru) ←もぢる (modiru)?godan (stem もじり (mojiri), past もじった (mojitta))

  1. (of a phrase) to parody; to pun on
    • 2012 February 1, 柴田実, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
    江(え)戸(ど)子(こ)守(もり)歌(うた)の「でんでん太(たい)鼓(こ)に笙(しょう)（しょう）の笛(ふえ)」という一(ひと)節(ふし)をもじったものです。
    Edo komoriuta no “denden taiko ni shō (shō) no fue” to iu hitofushi o mojitta mono desu.
    It [benten daikoku, hyō no ue] is a parody of the Edo Lullaby verse denden taiko ni shō no fue.
    • (Can we date this quote?) “クルマにはどのように名前をつけるのですか？”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
      「e(イー)K(ケー)ワゴン」は「いい軽(けい)」をもじったもの
      “Ī-kē Wagon” wa “ii kei” o mojitta mono
      "eK Wagon" is a pun on ii kei ("good kei")

Conjugation
Conjugation of "もじる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もじら mojira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もじり mojiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") もじる mojiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") もじる mojiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もじれ mojire
Meireikei ("imperative") もじれ mojire
Key constructions
Passive もじられる mojirareru
Causative もじらせる
もじらす		 mojiraseru
mojirasu
Potential もじれる mojireru
Volitional もじろう mojirō
Negative もじらない mojiranai
Negative continuative もじらず mojirazu
Formal もじります mojirimasu
Perfective もじった mojitta
Conjunctive もじって mojitte
Hypothetical conditional もじれば mojireba

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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