ぽい

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
ポイ

Unknown. May be onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

    Adverb

    ぽい • (poi) 

    1. lightly, carelessly, casually (also indicating something being thrown)
      屑(くず)箱(ばこ)へぽいと投(な)げた。
      Kuzubako e poi to nageta.
      He tossed it carelessly into the wastebasket.
    2. suddenly (also indicating movement away)
    Usage notes

    Used with the particle と (to).

    Noun

    ぽい • (poi) 

    1. the act of lightly throwing something: tossing, chucking, especially carelessly: littering
      タバコのぽいは止(や)めましょう。
      Tabako no poi wa yamemashō.
      Let's stop tossing cigarette butts. → Please don't litter.
    Usage notes

    Occasionally used on its own. More often used in compounds or as an adverb.

    Derived terms

    Verb

    ぽいする • (poi suru) transitive suru (stem ぽいし (poi suru shi), past ぽいした (poi suru shita))

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

    ² Spoken imperative

    Synonyms

    Etymology 2

    Degrammaticalization of suffix っぽい (-ppoi, “-ish, -like”).

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): [po̞i]

    Adjective

    ぽい • (poi) -i (adverbial ぽく (poku))

    1. (informal) resembling the real thing
      ちょっとぽい
      chotto poi
      kind of like it
      なんかぽくない？
      Nanka pokunai?
      It's similar, no?
    Inflection
    Inflection of ぽい
    Stem forms
    Imperfective (未然形) ぽかろ pokaro
    Continuative (連用形) ぽく poku
    Terminal (終止形) ぽい poi
    Attributive (連体形) ぽい poi
    Hypothetical (仮定形) ぽけれ pokere
    Imperative (命令形) ぽかれ pokare
    Key constructions
    Informal negative ぽくない poku nai
    Informal past ぽかった pokatta
    Informal negative past ぽくなかった poku nakatta
    Formal ぽいです poi desu
    Formal negative ぽくないです poku nai desu
    Formal past ぽかったです pokatta desu
    Formal negative past ぽくなかったです poku nakatta desu
    Conjunctive ぽくて pokute
    Conditional ぽければ pokereba
    Provisional ぽかったら pokattara
    Volitional ぽかろう pokarō
    Adverbial ぽく poku
    Degree ぽさ posa
    Derived terms

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