先述

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
先 述
せん
Grade: 1 		じゅつ
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

先(せん)述(じゅつ) • (senjutsu) 

  1. the aforementioned, aforestated
    Synonym: 前述
    Antonym: 後述

Verb

先(せん)述(じゅつ)する • (senjutsu suru) suru (stem 先(せん)述(じゅつ)し (senjutsu shi), past 先(せん)述(じゅつ)した (senjutsu shita))

  1. mention before
    その点(てん)については先述(せんじゅつ)したので省(はぶ)く。
    Sono ten ni tsuite wa senjutsu shita node habuku.
    This point will be omitted since it has been mentioned before.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "先述する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 先述し せんじゅつし senjutsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 先述し せんじゅつし senjutsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 先述する せんじゅつする senjutsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 先述する せんじゅつする senjutsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 先述すれ せんじゅつすれ senjutsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 先述せよ¹
先述しろ² 		せんじゅつせよ¹
せんじゅつしろ² 		senjutsu seyo¹
senjutsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 先述される せんじゅつされる senjutsu sareru
Causative 先述させる
先述さす 		せんじゅつさせる
せんじゅつさす 		senjutsu saseru
senjutsu sasu
Potential 先述できる せんじゅつできる senjutsu dekiru
Volitional 先述しよう せんじゅつしよう senjutsu shiyō
Negative 先述しない せんじゅつしない senjutsu shinai
Negative continuative 先述せず せんじゅつせず senjutsu sezu
Formal 先述します せんじゅつします senjutsu shimasu
Perfective 先述した せんじゅつした senjutsu shita
Conjunctive 先述して せんじゅつして senjutsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 先述すれば せんじゅつすれば senjutsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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