{"id":54,"date":"2011-07-12T08:37:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T13:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nihongo.3yen.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2011-07-12T10:57:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T15:57:01","slug":"things-that-hang-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/12\/things-that-hang-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Yo man! You gots to hang with \u3010\u639b\u3051\u308b\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know you’ve struck gold when you look up a word and it has 23 definitions<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u639b\u3051\u308b(P); \u61f8\u3051\u308b \u3010\u304b\u3051\u308b\u3011 (v1,vt) (1) (See \u58c1\u306b\u304b\u3051\u308b) to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); (2) (See \u8170\u3092\u639b\u3051\u308b) to sit; (aux-v,v1) (3) to be partway (verb); to begin (but not complete); (4) (See \u6642\u9593\u3092\u639b\u3051\u308b) to take (time, money); to expend (money, time, etc.); (5) (See \u96fb\u8a71\u3092\u639b\u3051\u308b) to make (a call); (6) to multiply; (7) (See \u9375\u3092\u639b\u3051\u308b) to secure (e.g. lock); (8) (See \u773c\u93e1\u3092\u639b\u3051\u308b) to put on (glasses, etc.); (9) to cover; (10) (See \u8ff7\u60d1\u3092\u639b\u3051\u308b) to burden someone; (11) (See \u4fdd\u967a\u3092\u639b\u3051\u308b) to apply (insurance); (12) to turn on (an engine, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); (13) to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on; (14) to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.); (15) (also \u7e4b\u3051\u308b) to bind; (16) (See \u5869\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b) to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto; (17) (See \u88c1\u5224\u306b\u639b\u3051\u308b) to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.); (18) to increase further; (19) to catch (in a trap, etc.); (20) to set atop; (21) to erect (a makeshift building); (22) to hold (a play, festival, etc.); (aux-v) (23) (See \u8a71\u3057\u639b\u3051\u308b) (after -masu stem of verb) indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone);<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yahoo!\u8f9e\u66f8 goes in more detail and has a whopping 32 definitions<\/a> for \u300c\u639b\u3051\u308b\u300d. There’s no way a word like that is not<\/em> going to be useful. The trick is finding the common thread or concept behind all these definitions so you can actually sort it out in your head. That’s what this post is for.<\/p>\n

Just think of Captain Hook and his umm… special hand<\/h2>\n

Basically, this verb is used to hook or hang things. What can you hang? Why anything of course including clothes on hangers, covers, your butt to a chair, emotions, bother, time, voice, money, traps, bets, and even magic spells. It’s usually just written in Hiragana.<\/p>\n

Examples<\/h3>\n
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  1. \u8ff7\u60d1\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b – hang bother (to bother someone)<\/li>\n
  2. \u6642\u9593\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b – hang time (spend time)<\/li>\n
  3. \u304a\u91d1\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b – hang money (spend money)<\/li>\n
  4. \u58f0\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b – hang voice (call out)<\/li>\n
  5. \u30a2\u30a4\u30ed\u30f3\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b – hang iron (iron clothes)<\/li>\n
  6. \u96fb\u8a71\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b – hang phone (make phone call)<\/li>\n
  7. \u8170\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b – hang hip (sit your ass down)<\/li>\n
  8. \u9b54\u6cd5\u3092\u304b\u3051\u308b – hang magic (cast magic)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Don’t forget about the intransitive version as well: \u300c\u304b\u304b\u308b\u300d. For example, \u300c\u6642\u9593\u304c\u304b\u304b\u308b\u300d means something takes time instead of spending time.<\/p>\n

    Most of these examples make sense if you think about it the right way except for maybe the phone. Maybe it’s because you hang the phone to your ear? Though \u300c\u96fb\u8a71\u304c\u304b\u304b\u308b\u300d means the phone is ringing before you pick it up. Maybe you expect your mom to call and the phone call is hanging on your conscience? Ha ha. Anyway, there are also some additional compound verbs such as \u300c\u51fa\u304b\u3051\u308b\u3001\u898b\u304b\u3051\u308b\u3001\u8a71\u3057\u304b\u3051\u308b\u3001\u5f15\u3063\u304b\u304b\u308b\u300d that combines hanging with another verb.<\/p>\n

    What’s the best way to learn all these countless different uses of the same verb? You can take my approach and just learn them as you see them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    You know you’ve struck gold when you look up a word and it has 23 definitions. \u639b\u3051\u308b(P); \u61f8\u3051\u308b \u3010\u304b\u3051\u308b\u3011 (v1,vt) (1) (See \u58c1\u306b\u304b\u3051\u308b) to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); (2) (See \u8170\u3092\u639b\u3051\u308b) to sit; … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intermediate","category-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}