Grammar Info
N1 Lesson 3: 15/17

つ (Conjunctive)
two contrasting actions

Structure
Verb[ます+ + (Antonym) Verb[ます+
Verb[ます+ + (Antonym) Verb[ます+ + + Noun
Verb[ます+ + Verb[られる]ーる +
Verb[ます+ + Verb[られる]ーる + + + Noun

行き戻り - going back and forth
浮き沈み - rising and falling (bobbing)
見え隠れ - coming in and out of sight
おい (from 取り置き) - wavering between
矯め眇め - taking a good look
組んず解れ - struggling with
抜き抜かれ - neck-and-neck
持ち持たれ - give-and-take
押し押され - pull and be pulled
追い追われ - lead changing many times
差し差され - taking turns filling cups
Details
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使用域 一般
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  • [Used to express that two actions represented by contrasting verbs are alternating in a certain event]
  • [Nowadays, it is limited to some set expressions]
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彼(かれ)ドア前(まえ)をしばらく不安(ふあん)げに行(い)き戻(もど)りしていたすえに入(はい)ることにした。
After some time, he finally decided to go inside after nervously going back and forth in front of the door.
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アリとアリマキは持(も)ち持(も)たれ関係(かんけい)ある
Ants and aphids have a give-and-take relationship.
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老人(ろうじん)は小枝(こえだ)の浮(う)き沈(しず)みを眺(なが)めながら、海(うみ)の匂(にお)いを楽(たの)しんだ。
The old man enjoyed the smell of the sea while watching the sinking and rising (bobbing) twig.
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