間引き・間びき|まびきmabiki[3]odaka (tail-high)

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Which spelling to use
間引き間引き is the more common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it when writing the word.
間びき間びき is a less common written variant; you may encounter it, but beginners should use 間引き instead.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbthinning out; pruning; culling; curtailing; sub-sampling (e.g. video frames, signals)
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinfanticide
Conjugation
Dictionary form間引きする(まびきする)
Polite (masu)間引きします(まびきします)
Negative (nai)間引きしない(まびきしない)
polite (masen)間引きしません(まびきしません)
classical zu / nu間引きせず・間引きせぬ(まびきせず・まびきせぬ)
Past (ta)間引きした(まびきした)
polite (mashita)間引きしました(まびきしました)
Past negative (nakatta)間引きしなかった(まびきしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)間引きしませんでした(まびきしませんでした)
Te form間引きして(まびきして)
Potential間引きできる(まびきできる)
Passive間引きされる(まびきされる)
Causative間引きさせる(まびきさせる)
Causative passive間引きさせられる(まびきさせられる)
Conditional (ba)間引きすれば(まびきすれば)
tara間引きしたら(まびきしたら)
Volitional間引きしよう(まびきしよう)
polite (mashou)間引きしましょう(まびきしましょう)
Imperative間引きしろ(まびきしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym間引くまびくNeutralThe verb form: to thin out seedlings, curtail schedules and the like. 「間引き」 is the noun, as in 「間引き運転」.
  • Synonym疎抜くうろぬくWrittenWritten/formal prose: thinning out seedlings, and used only with plants; 「間引き」 has much broader uses.
  • Synonym間引WrittenAn abbreviated spelling of 「間引き」, seen mostly in official documents and reports.

Use 「間引き」 for thinning out seedlings or curtailing schedules, as in 「間引き運転」 and 「間引き菜」; the verb is 「間引く」. It can also refer to infanticide in former times.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 植物しょくぶつや作物さくもつの密集みっしゅうした部分ぶぶんを取り除とりのぞいて、成長せいちょうを良よくすること。
  2. 経済的けいざいてき理由りゆうなどで、生うまれた子こどもの命いのちを絶たつこと。
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