- 1. [exp, v5k] to be pressed (by urgent business); to be under great pressure (to act); to be under the gun (id)
Conjugation — Verb (godan-ku)
| Dictionary form | しりにひがつく | (shirinihigatsuku) |
| Polite | しりにひがつきます | (shirinihigatsukimasu) |
| Past, plain | しりにひがついた | (shirinihigatsuita) |
| Past, polite | しりにひがつきました | (shirinihigatsukimashita) |
| Negative, plain | しりにひがつかない | (shirinihigatsukanai) |
| Negative, polite | しりにひがつきません | (shirinihigatsukimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | しりにひがつかなかった | (shirinihigatsukanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しりにひがつきませんでした | (shirinihigatsukimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | しりにひがついて | (shirinihigatsuite) |
| Potential | しりにひがつける | (shirinihigatsukeru) |
| Volitional | しりにひがつこう | (shirinihigatsukou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | しりにひがつけば | (shirinihigatsukeba) |
| Passive | しりにひがつかれる | (shirinihigatsukareru) |
| Causative | しりにひがつかせる | (shirinihigatsukaseru) |
| Imperative | しりにひがつけ | (shirinihigatsuke) |