こそこそ
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Adverb
Verb
こそこそする • (kosokoso suru) intransitive suru (stem こそこそし (kosokoso shi), past こそこそした (kosokoso shita))
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こそこそする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | こそこそし | コソコソし | kosokoso shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | こそこそし | コソコソし | kosokoso shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | こそこそする | コソコソする | kosokoso suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | こそこそする | コソコソする | kosokoso suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | こそこそすれ | コソコソすれ | kosokoso sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | こそこそせよ¹ こそこそしろ² |
コソコソせよ¹ コソコソしろ² |
kosokoso seyo¹ kosokoso shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | こそこそされる | コソコソされる | kosokoso sareru | |
| Causative | こそこそさせる こそこそさす |
コソコソさせる コソコソさす |
kosokoso saseru kosokoso sasu | |
| Potential | こそこそできる | コソコソできる | kosokoso dekiru | |
| Volitional | こそこそしよう | コソコソしよう | kosokoso shiyō | |
| Negative | こそこそしない | コソコソしない | kosokoso shinai | |
| Negative continuative | こそこそせず | コソコソせず | kosokoso sezu | |
| Formal | こそこそします | コソコソします | kosokoso shimasu | |
| Perfective | こそこそした | コソコソした | kosokoso shita | |
| Conjunctive | こそこそして | コソコソして | kosokoso shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | こそこそすれば | コソコソすれば | kosokoso sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “こそ‐こそ
”, 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
- ^ 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
