むしぼし

Japanese

Alternative spelling
虫干し

Etymology

From 虫(むし) (mushi, “bug”) + 干(ほ)し (hoshi, “drying, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 干(ほ)す (hosu, “to dry”).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むしぼし [mùshíbóshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɕibo̞ɕi]

Noun

むしぼし • (mushiboshi) 

1. drying out (books, clothes, etc.) to keep bugs away

Verb

むしぼしする • (mushiboshi suru) suru (stem むしぼしし (mushiboshisuru shi), past むしぼしした (mushiboshisuru shita))

1. to dry out (books, clothes, etc.) to keep bugs away

Conjugation

Conjugation of "むしぼしする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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