ほめちぎる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
褒めちぎる
誉めちぎる

Etymology

From 褒(ほ)め (home, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 褒(ほ)める (homeru, “to praise”)) + ちぎる (-chigiru, “greatly”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほめちぎ​る [hòméchígíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ほめちぎる [hòméchígírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞me̞t͡ɕiɡʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ほめちぎる • (homechigiru) ←ほめちぎる (fometigiru)?transitive godan (stem ほめちぎり (homechigiri), past ほめちぎった (homechigitta))

  1. to shower praise upon; to praise lavishly

Conjugation

References

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