一目置く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 一 | 目 | 置 |
| いち Grade: 1 |
もく Grade: 1 |
お Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 一目 (“one stone (in the game of go)”) + 置く (“to put”). The expression originally came from the weaker player in a game of go being allowed to place an extra stone as a handicap.
Verb
一目置く • (ichimokuoku) godan (stem 一目置き (ichimokuoki), past 一目置いた (ichimokuoita))
- (idiomatic) to take one's hat off; to acknowledge another's superiority
- だれもが一目置く人物だ。
- Dare mo ga ichimoku oku jinbutsu da.
- It's the figure that everyone looks up to.
- だれもが一目置く人物だ。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "一目置く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 一目置か | いちもくおか | ichimokuoka |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 一目置き | いちもくおき | ichimokuoki |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 一目置く | いちもくおく | ichimokuoku |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 一目置く | いちもくおく | ichimokuoku |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 一目置け | いちもくおけ | ichimokuoke |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 一目置け | いちもくおけ | ichimokuoke |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 一目置かれる | いちもくおかれる | ichimokuokareru |
| Causative | 一目置かせる 一目置かす |
いちもくおかせる いちもくおかす |
ichimokuokaseru ichimokuokasu |
| Potential | 一目置ける | いちもくおける | ichimokuokeru |
| Volitional | 一目置こう | いちもくおこう | ichimokuokō |
| Negative | 一目置かない | いちもくおかない | ichimokuokanai |
| Negative continuative | 一目置かず | いちもくおかず | ichimokuokazu |
| Formal | 一目置きます | いちもくおきます | ichimokuokimasu |
| Perfective | 一目置いた | いちもくおいた | ichimokuoita |
| Conjunctive | 一目置いて | いちもくおいて | ichimokuoite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 一目置けば | いちもくおけば | ichimokuokeba |
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