# あし
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spellings
* 足 脚
From Old Japanese 足 (asi, “leg; foot”). In turn, appears to be derived from or related to Old Japanese 足 (a, “leg; foot”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あし [àshíꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [a̠ɕi]
* (Kyoto) あ​し [áꜜshì] (Kōki)

#### Noun

あし • (ashi)
* 足: foot
* 脚: leg

##### Derived terms

* 足(あし)跡(あと) (ashiato)
* 足(あし)音(おと) (ashioto)
* 足(あし)首(くび) (ashikubi)
* 両(りょう)足(あし) (ryōashi)

### Etymology 2

* Alternative spellings
* 芦 蘆 葦 葭

#### Alternative forms

* よし (yoshi)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あし [áꜜshì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [a̠ɕi]
* (Kyoto) あし [àshí] (Teiki – [0])

#### Noun

あし or アシ • (ashi)
* common reed, Phragmites australis

##### Usage notes

* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

### Etymology 3

* Alternative spelling
* 悪し
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
See also 悪しい#Etymology.

#### Alternative forms

* (obsolete) 悪(あ)しい (ashii, i-adjective)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あし [áꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [a̠ɕi]
* (Kyoto) あ​し [áꜜshì] (Kōki)

#### Adjective

あし • (ashi) $^†$-shiku
* (Classical Japanese; or literary and archaic) bad; evil
    悪(あ)しき政(せい)府(ふ)
       ashiki seifu
       (modern language, literary) evil government

##### Conjugation

Stem forms :
| Irrealis (未然形) | あしく$^{[1]}$ あしから$^{[2]}$ | あしく$^{[1]}$ あしから$^{[2]}$ | asiku asikara |
| Continuative (連用形) | あしく$^{[1]}$ あしかり$^{[2]}$ | あしく$^{[1]}$ あしかり$^{[2]}$ | asiku asikari |
| Terminal (終止形) | あし | あし | asi |
| Attributive (連体形) | あしき あしかる | あしき あしかる | asiki asikaru |
| Realis (已然形) | あしけれ | あしけれ | asikere |
| Imperative (命令形) | あしかれ | あしかれ | asikare |
| Key constructions ||||
| Negative | あしからず | あしからず | asikarazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | あしけれど | あしけれど | asikeredo |
| Causal conjunction | あしければ | あしければ | asikereba |
| Conditional conjunction | あしくば | あしくば | asikuba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | あしかりき | あしかりき | asikariki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | あしかりけり | あしかりけり | asikarikeri |
| Adverbial | あしく | あしく | asiku |
| $^{[1]}$Without auxiliary verb. $^{[2]}$With auxiliary verb. ||||

##### Antonyms

* 良(よ)し (yoshi)

##### Derived terms

* 悪(あ)しからず (ashikarazu)
* 良(よ)かれ悪(あ)しかれ (yokare ashikare)

### Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of あし – see the following entry. :
| 【亜市】 | [proper noun] (obsolete) Short for アラメダ市 (Arameda-shi, “Alameda (a city in Alameda, California, United States)”). |
(This term, あし (ashi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as あし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あし.) :

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 “あし 【足・脚】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ Nakai, Yukihiko, editor (2002), 京阪系アクセント辞典 [A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN
* 1 2 “あし 【葦・蘆・葭】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* 1 2 “あし 【悪】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Okinawan
### Noun

あし (ashi)
* 汗: sweat
* 足: foot