弾きこなす

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
彈きこなす (kyūjitai)
弾き熟す

Etymology

Compound of 弾き (hiki, to play (an instrument), <ruby>連用形<rp>(</rp><rt>れんようけい</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (ren'yōkei) of the verb <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> (hiku)) + こなす (konasu, suffix, to do something well, completely)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きこな [hìkíkónáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çikʲiko̞na̠sɨᵝ]

Verb

()きこなす • (hikikonasu) transitive godan (stem <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>きこなし (hikikonashi), past <ruby><rp>(</rp><rt></rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>きこなした (hikikonashita))

  1. to play an instrument skillfully, freely
    <ruby>難曲<rp>(</rp><rt>なんきょく</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>()きこなす
    nankyoku o hikikonasu
    to play difficult piece skillfully

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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