爪弾く
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 爪 | 弾 | 
| つま Grade: S | ひ > び Grade: S | 
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings | 
|---|
| 爪彈く (kyūjitai) 爪引く | 
Etymology
    
Compound of 爪 (tsuma, “nail”) + 弾く (biku, “to play (instrument)”). The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Verb
    
爪弾く • (tsumabiku) godan (stem 爪弾き (tsumabiki), past 爪弾いた (tsumabiita))
- to play a musical instrument with the fingertips
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of "爪弾く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 爪弾か | つまびか | tsumabika | 
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 爪弾き | つまびき | tsumabiki | 
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 爪弾く | つまびく | tsumabiku | 
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 爪弾く | つまびく | tsumabiku | 
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 爪弾け | つまびけ | tsumabike | 
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 爪弾け | つまびけ | tsumabike | 
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 爪弾かれる | つまびかれる | tsumabikareru | 
| Causative | 爪弾かせる 爪弾かす | つまびかせる つまびかす | tsumabikaseru tsumabikasu | 
| Potential | 爪弾ける | つまびける | tsumabikeru | 
| Volitional | 爪弾こう | つまびこう | tsumabikō | 
| Negative | 爪弾かない | つまびかない | tsumabikanai | 
| Negative continuative | 爪弾かず | つまびかず | tsumabikazu | 
| Formal | 爪弾きます | つまびきます | tsumabikimasu | 
| Perfective | 爪弾いた | つまびいた | tsumabiita | 
| Conjunctive | 爪弾いて | つまびいて | tsumabiite | 
| Hypothetical conditional | 爪弾けば | つまびけば | tsumabikeba | 
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