がっかり

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Verb

がっかりする • (gakkari suru) suru (stem がっかりし (gakkari shi), past がっかりした (gakkari shita))

  1. to be disappointed, to lose heart, to feel rejected
    がっかりしないで。
    Gakkari shinaide.
    Cheer up!
    (literally, “Don't be disappointed.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "がっかりする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") がっかりし gakkari shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") がっかりし gakkari shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") がっかりする gakkari suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") がっかりする gakkari suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") がっかりすれ gakkari sure
Meireikei ("imperative") がっかりせよ¹
がっかりしろ² 		gakkari seyo¹
gakkari shiro²
Key constructions
Passive がっかりされる gakkari sareru
Causative がっかりさせる
がっかりさす 		gakkari saseru
gakkari sasu
Potential がっかりできる gakkari dekiru
Volitional がっかりしよう gakkari shiyō
Negative がっかりしない gakkari shinai
Negative continuative がっかりせず gakkari sezu
Formal がっかりします gakkari shimasu
Perfective がっかりした gakkari shita
Conjunctive がっかりして gakkari shite
Hypothetical conditional がっかりすれば gakkari sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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