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[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasu
expression, godan verb

Alternate Written Forms:

[やぶ()······へび()··()·]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasu
[やぶ()······へび()··()·]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasu
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasu

Root Words:

[やぶ() + を + つつ()··て + へび() + を + ()·]
yabu + wo + tsutsuite + hebi + wo + dasu

English Meaning(s) for 薮を突いて蛇を出す

expression, godan verb
  1. to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush

Meanings for each kanji in 薮を突いて蛇を出す

» thicket; bush; underbrush; grove
» stab; protruding; thrusting; thrust; pierce; prick
» snake; serpent; hard drinker
» exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude

Stroke Order Diagrams for 薮を突いて蛇を出す

Conjugations for 薮を突いて蛇を出す

masu stem
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashi
Negative stem
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasa
te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashite
Negative te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasanakute
Adverbial Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasanaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasanai
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasanakatta
Presumptive Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasou
Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashimasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashimasen
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashimashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashimasendeshita
Presumptive Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashimashou
Tai Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitai
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakunai
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakunakatta
Adjective stem
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashita
te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakute
Negative te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakunakute
Adverbial Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitaku
Provisional Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakereba
Provisional Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakunakereba
Conditional Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakattara
Conditional Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()········]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitakunakattara
Objective Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitasa
Imperative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodase
Imperative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashinasai
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodaseba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasanakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasanakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasanakattara
Alternative Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodashitari
Potential Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadaseru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadasenai
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadaseta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadasenakatta
masu-stem
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadase
te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadasete
Negative te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadasenakute
Potential Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadasemasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadasemasen
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadasemashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·······]
yabugatsutsuitehebigadasemasendeshita
Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasarenai
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasarenakatta
masu stem
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasare
te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasarete
Negative te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasarenakute
Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaremasen
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()········]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaremasendeshita
Causative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaseru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasasenai
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaseta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasasenakatta
masu stem
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasase
te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasasete
Negative te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasasenakute
Causative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasasemasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasasemasen
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasasemashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()········]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasasemasendeshita
Causative Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaserareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaserarenai
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaserareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()········]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaserarenakatta
masu stem
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaserare
te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·····]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaserarete
Negative te-form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaserarenakute
Causative Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaseraremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaseraremasen
Past Indicative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()·······]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaseraremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··········]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasaseraremasendeshita
Colloquial Form
Present Indicative Negative Masculine Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasan
Formal Form
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasazu
Classical Form (nu)
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()··]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasanu
Classical Form (zaru)
Present Indicative Negative Form
[やぶ()··つつ()···へび()··()···]
yabuwotsutsuitehebiwodasazaru

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