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): [kʲikʲiβ̞a̠ke̞ɾɯ̟]

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

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

Conjugation of "ききわける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

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