わきみ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
脇見

Etymology

From 脇(わき) (waki) + 見(み) (mi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru).”).

Pronunciation

Noun

わきみ • (wakimi) 

  1. looking elsewhere
    脇(わき)見(み)運(うん)転(てん)
    wakimi unten
    distracted driving

Synonyms

Verb

わきみする • (wakimi suru) suru (stem わきみし (wakimi suru shi), past わきみした (wakimi suru shita))

  1. to look elsewhere

Conjugation
Conjugation of "わきみする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") わきみし wakimi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") わきみし wakimi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") わきみする wakimi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") わきみする wakimi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") わきみすれ wakimi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") わきみせよ¹
わきみしろ²		 wakimi seyo¹
wakimi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive わきみされる wakimi sareru
Causative わきみさせる
わきみさす		 wakimi saseru
wakimi sasu
Potential わきみできる wakimi dekiru
Volitional わきみしよう wakimi shiyō
Negative わきみしない wakimi shinai
Negative continuative わきみせず wakimi sezu
Formal わきみします wakimi shimasu
Perfective わきみした wakimi shita
Conjunctive わきみして wakimi shite
Hypothetical conditional わきみすれば wakimi 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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