代作

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Chinese

substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
 
to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do
to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
 
simp. and trad.
(代作) 		代 作

Pronunciation

Verb

代作

  1. (literary) to come in succession

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代 作
だい
Grade: 3 		さく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

代(だい) (dai-, “substitute, in substitution for someone else”) + 作(さく) (saku, “a work (of art, literature, etc.)”)

Pronunciation

Noun

代(だい)作(さく) • (daisaku) 

  1. work by the hands of others, ghostwriting

Verb

代(だい)作(さく)する • (daisaku suru) transitive suru (stem 代(だい)作(さく)し (daisaku shi), past 代(だい)作(さく)した (daisaku shita))

  1. to write for (someone), to ghostwrite

Conjugation

Conjugation of "代作する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 代作し だいさくし daisaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 代作し だいさくし daisaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 代作する だいさくする daisaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 代作する だいさくする daisaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 代作すれ だいさくすれ daisaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 代作せよ¹
代作しろ² 		だいさくせよ¹
だいさくしろ² 		daisaku seyo¹
daisaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 代作される だいさくされる daisaku sareru
Causative 代作させる
代作さす 		だいさくさせる
だいさくさす 		daisaku saseru
daisaku sasu
Potential 代作できる だいさくできる daisaku dekiru
Volitional 代作しよう だいさくしよう daisaku shiyō
Negative 代作しない だいさくしない daisaku shinai
Negative continuative 代作せず だいさくせず daisaku sezu
Formal 代作します だいさくします daisaku shimasu
Perfective 代作した だいさくした daisaku shita
Conjunctive 代作して だいさくして daisaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 代作すれば だいさくすれば daisaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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