代用

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Chinese

substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
 
 to use
simp. and trad.
(代用) 		代 用

Pronunciation

Verb

代用

  1. to use for another; to substitute

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代 用
だい
Grade: 3 		よう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

代(だい)用(よう) • (daiyō) 

  1. substitute
    パンはコメの代(だい)用(よう)にはならない。
    Pan wa kome no daiyō ni wa naranai.
    Bread cannot substitute rice.

Derived terms

Verb

代(だい)用(よう)する • (daiyō suru) suru (stem 代(だい)用(よう)し (daiyō shi), past 代(だい)用(よう)した (daiyō shita))

  1. substitute, use for another

Conjugation

Conjugation of "代用する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 代用し だいようし daiyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 代用し だいようし daiyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 代用する だいようする daiyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 代用する だいようする daiyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 代用すれ だいようすれ daiyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 代用せよ¹
代用しろ² 		だいようせよ¹
だいようしろ² 		daiyō seyo¹
daiyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 代用される だいようされる daiyō sareru
Causative 代用させる
代用さす 		だいようさせる
だいようさす 		daiyō saseru
daiyō sasu
Potential 代用できる だいようできる daiyō dekiru
Volitional 代用しよう だいようしよう daiyō shiyō
Negative 代用しない だいようしない daiyō shinai
Negative continuative 代用せず だいようせず daiyō sezu
Formal 代用します だいようします daiyō shimasu
Perfective 代用した だいようした daiyō shita
Conjunctive 代用して だいようして daiyō shite
Hypothetical conditional 代用すれば だいようすれば daiyō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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