しごく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
扱く

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しご​く [shìgóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

しごく • (shigoku) ^{←しごく (sigoku)?}godan (stem しごき (shigoki), past しごいた (shigoita))

1. to pull through one's hand, as when separating grain from the stalk

   Synonym: こく (koku)

2. to train harshly

   そらもう若(わか)い時分(じぶん)からしごかれて、厳(きび)しい稽古(けいこ)してもらって、 […]

   sora mō wakai jibun kara shigokarete, kibishī keiko shite moratte, […]

   (please add an English translation of this example)

   • (Can we date this quote?), “竹本住大夫さんを迎えて、「国立劇場４５年の歩みと文楽」を開催いたしました。”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しごく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	しごか	shigoka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	しごき	shigoki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	しごく	shigoku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	しごく	shigoku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	しごけ	shigoke
Meireikei ("imperative")	しごけ	shigoke
Key constructions
Passive	しごかれる	shigokareru
Causative	しごかせる しごかす	shigokaseru shigokasu
Potential	しごける	shigokeru
Volitional	しごこう	shigokō
Negative	しごかない	shigokanai
Negative continuative	しごかず	shigokazu
Formal	しごきます	shigokimasu
Perfective	しごいた	shigoita
Conjunctive	しごいて	shigoite
Hypothetical conditional	しごけば	shigokeba

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しごく – see the following entries.

【至極】 [adjective] extreme, sheer, enormous [noun] the height of

(This term, しごく, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 司獄.)