仮託

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
仮 託
か
Grade: 5 		たく
Grade: S
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spellings
假託 (kyūjitai)
仮托

Etymology

From Chinese 假託. Based on the use of kan'on readings, likely from Middle Chinese. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

仮(か)託(たく) • (kataku) 

  1. excuse, pretext, pretense, plea
    Synonyms: 託け (kakotsuke), 藉口 (shakō); see also Thesaurus:口実
    それは仮(か)託(たく)だけだろ？
    Sore wa kataku dake daro?
    That's just a prextext, isn't it?

Verb

仮(か)託(たく)する • (kataku suru) suru (stem 仮(か)託(たく)し (kataku shi), past 仮(か)託(たく)した (kataku shita))

  1. to make a pretext, excuse, or plea of
    Synonyms: 託ける (kakotsukeru), 藉口 する (shakō suru)
    病(びょう)気(き)に仮(か)託(たく)してズル休(やす)みしたんだよ。
    Byōki ni kataku shite zuruyasumi shitanda yo.
    He used illness as an excuse to play truant.
    • 1960, 芝木好子, 湯葉:
      芝(しば)居(い)を観(み)る者(もの)のすべては、そうして舞(ぶ)台(たい)の世(せ)界(かい)に己(おの)れを仮(か)託(たく)している…
      Shibai o miru mono no subete wa, sō shite butai no sekai ni onore o kataku shiteiru…
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ 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
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