あらさがし

Japanese
Alternative spellings
粗探し
あら探し
粗捜し
あら捜し

Etymology

From 粗(あら) (ara-) + 探(さが)し (sagashi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 探(さが)す (sagasu).”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あらさ​がし [àrásáꜜgàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠sa̠ɡa̠ɕi]

Noun

あらさがし • (arasagashi) ←あらさがし (arasagasi)?

  1. faultfinding; nitpicking

Verb

あらさがしする • (arasagashi suru) ←あらさがし (arasagasi)?suru (stem あらさがしし (arasagashi suru shi), past あらさがしした (arasagashi suru shita))

  1. to find fault; to nitpick

Conjugation
Conjugation of "あらさがしする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") あらさがしし arasagashi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") あらさがしし arasagashi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") あらさがしする arasagashi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") あらさがしする arasagashi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") あらさがしすれ arasagashi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") あらさがしせよ¹
あらさがししろ²		 arasagashi seyo¹
arasagashi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive あらさがしされる arasagashi sareru
Causative あらさがしさせる
あらさがしさす		 arasagashi saseru
arasagashi sasu
Potential あらさがしできる arasagashi dekiru
Volitional あらさがししよう arasagashi shiyō
Negative あらさがししない arasagashi shinai
Negative continuative あらさがしせず arasagashi sezu
Formal あらさがしします arasagashi shimasu
Perfective あらさがしした arasagashi shita
Conjunctive あらさがしして arasagashi shite
Hypothetical conditional あらさがしすれば arasagashi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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