シフト

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shift.

Pronunciation

Noun

シフト • (shifuto) 

  1. a shift (a change in position, the situation, or one's attitude)
  2. shifting, changing gear on a car
  3. a shift (change of workers)
    • 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)七(しち)訓(くん)　だいじょぶだ〰 [Lesson 337: It’s Gonna Be Okay~]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      そうですね　じゃあ…火(か)木(もく)が姫(ひめ)‼　月(げつ)火(か)水(すい)木(もく)金(きん)土(ど)日(にち)が私(わたし)というシフトにしましょうか‼
      Sō desu ne Jā… ka-moku ga hime‼ Getsu-ka-sui-moku-kin-do-nichi ga watashi to iu shifuto ni shimashō ka‼
      Well, sure. Then… it’s Tuesday and Wednesday for the princess!! And I’ll be taking the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday shifts!!
      なんでお前(まえ)が皆(かい)勤(きん)なんだよ‼
      Nan de omae ga kaikin nan da yo‼
      Why would you be here every day!?

Verb

シフトする • (shifuto suru) suru (stem シフトし (shifuto shi), past シフトした (shifuto shita))

  1. shift, change position etc.
  2. shift, change gear

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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