二君に仕える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
二 君 仕
に
Grade: 1 		くん
Grade: 3 		つか
Grade: 3
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 王蠋曰，忠臣不事二君，烈女不更二夫。 in Records of the Grand Historian.

Verb

二(に)君(くん)に仕(つか)える • (nikun ni tsukaeru) ichidan (stem 二(に)君(くん)に仕(つか)え (nikun ni tsukae), past 二(に)君(くん)に仕(つか)えた (nikun ni tsukaeta))

  1. to serve two masters
    忠(ちゅう)臣(しん)は二(に)君(くん)に仕(つか)えず。
    Chūshin wa nikun ni tsukaezu.
    A loyal subject will not serve a second master.

Usage notes

  • Commonly used in a negative form.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "二君に仕える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 二君に仕え にくんにつかえ nikun ni tsukae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 二君に仕え にくんにつかえ nikun ni tsukae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 二君に仕える にくんにつかえる nikun ni tsukaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 二君に仕える にくんにつかえる nikun ni tsukaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 二君に仕えれ にくんにつかえれ nikun ni tsukaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 二君に仕えよ¹
二君に仕えろ² 		にくんにつかえよ¹
にくんにつかえろ² 		nikun ni tsukaeyo¹
nikun ni tsukaero²
Key constructions
Passive 二君に仕えられる にくんにつかえられる nikun ni tsukaerareru
Causative 二君に仕えさせる
二君に仕えさす 		にくんにつかえさせる
にくんにつかえさす 		nikun ni tsukaesaseru
nikun ni tsukaesasu
Potential 二君に仕えられる
二君に仕えれる³ 		にくんにつかえられる
にくんにつかえれる³ 		nikun ni tsukaerareru
nikun ni tsukaereru³
Volitional 二君に仕えよう にくんにつかえよう nikun ni tsukaeyō
Negative 二君に仕えない
二君に仕えぬ
二君に仕えん 		にくんにつかえない
にくんにつかえぬ
にくんにつかえん 		nikun ni tsukaenai
nikun ni tsukaenu
nikun ni tsukaen
Negative continuative 二君に仕えず にくんにつかえず nikun ni tsukaezu
Formal 二君に仕えます にくんにつかえます nikun ni tsukaemasu
Perfective 二君に仕えた にくんにつかえた nikun ni tsukaeta
Conjunctive 二君に仕えて にくんにつかえて nikun ni tsukaete
Hypothetical conditional 二君に仕えれば にくんにつかえれば nikun ni tsukaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
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