間引きする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 間引きする | 間引きしない |
| Polite | 間引きします | 間引きしません |
| Past polite | 間引きしました | 間引きしませんでした |
| Past | 間引きした | 間引きしなかった |
| Te-form | 間引きして | 間引きしないで |
| Desire | 間引きしたい | 間引きしたくない |
| Potential | 間引きできる | 間引きできない |
| Passive | 間引きされる | 間引きされない |
| Causative | 間引きさせる | 間引きさせない |
| Causative passive | 間引きさせられる | 間引きさせられない |
| Volitional | 間引きしよう | |
| Polite volitional | 間引きしましょう | |
| Imperative | 間引きしろ | 間引きするな |
| Conditional | 間引きすれば | 間引きしなければ |
| Tara conditional | 間引きしたら | 間引きしなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
thinning out; pruning; culling; sub-sampling
General term for removing excess items to improve the remainder. Used in agriculture (thinning seedlings), forestry (pruning), animal husbandry (culling), and technology (sub-sampling of data or signals).
I thinned out the radish seedlings so they could grow bigger.
I reduced the file size by sub-sampling the video frames.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Historical or euphemistic term for the practice of killing unwanted infants, often due to poverty or population control in pre-modern Japan. Rare in modern usage; usually encountered in historical contexts.
During the Edo period, infanticide was sometimes practiced due to poverty.