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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 豫言 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
予言 • (yogen)
- prophecy
1998 August 4, 小中千昭, “DISTORTION Layer:05 [DISTORTION Layer:05]” (05:51 from the start), in 村田雅彦, director, w:ja:serial experiments lain [serial experiments lain], episode 5, spoken by 人形 (岡田ルミ), via TXNネットワーク:出来事というのは、まず最初に予言があるものよ。- dekigoto toiu no wa, mazu saisho ni yogen ga aru mono yo.
- For every event, there is first a prophecy.
- prediction
Derived terms
Verb
予言する • (yogen suru) suru (stem 予言し (yogen shi), past 予言した (yogen shita))
- predict, foretell
- make a prophecy
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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予言し
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よげんし
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yogen shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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予言し
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よげんし
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yogen shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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予言する
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よげんする
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yogen suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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予言する
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よげんする
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yogen suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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予言すれ
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よげんすれ
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yogen sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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予言せよ¹
予言しろ²
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よげんせよ¹
よげんしろ²
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yogen seyo¹
yogen shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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予言される
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よげんされる
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yogen sareru
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| Causative
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予言させる
予言さす
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よげんさせる
よげんさす
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yogen saseru
yogen sasu
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| Potential
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予言できる
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よげんできる
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yogen dekiru
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| Volitional
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予言しよう
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よげんしよう
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yogen shiyō
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| Negative
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予言しない
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よげんしない
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yogen shinai
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| Negative continuative
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予言せず
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よげんせず
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yogen sezu
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| Formal
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予言します
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よげんします
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yogen shimasu
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| Perfective
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予言した
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よげんした
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yogen shita
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| Conjunctive
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予言して
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よげんして
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yogen shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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予言すれば
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よげんすれば
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yogen sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ 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
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.