保証

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See also: 保證 and 保证

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保 証
ほ
Grade: 5 		しょう
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
保證 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

保(ほ)証(しょう) • (hoshō) 

  1. an assurance, a guarantee
  2. a guarantee or warranty for a product
  3. legal assumption of responsibility

Derived terms

Verb

保(ほ)証(しょう)する • (hoshō suru) suru (stem 保(ほ)証(しょう)し (hoshō shi), past 保(ほ)証(しょう)した (hoshō shita))

  1. to ensure, to attest, to stipulate, to vouch
    安全(あんぜん)を保証(ほしょう)します。
    Anzen o hoshō shimasu.
    We guarantee the safety.
  2. to assume legal responsibility, to swear

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

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