印象

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Chinese

stamp; seal; mark
stamp; seal; mark; print; India (abbrev.)
 
shape; form; appearance
shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)
 
trad. (印象) 印 象
simp. #(印象) 印 象

Pronunciation

Note: Jieyang.

Noun

印象

  1. impression (feeling left on someone about someone or something)
    給某人留下深刻印象 [MSC, trad.]
    给某人留下深刻印象 [MSC, simp.]
    gěi mǒurén liúxià shēnkè yìnxiàng
    to leave a deep impression on someone
  2. memory (a recollection)
    我對這件事真的没有印象。 [MSC, trad.]
    我对这件事真的没有印象。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ duì zhè jiàn shì zhēnde méiyǒu yìnxiàng.
    I really don't remember (this happening). (lit. "I really have no memory of this.")

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Sino-Xenic (印象):

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
印 象
いん
Grade: 4 		しょう
Grade: 5
kan'on

Noun

印(いん)象(しょう) • (inshō) ←いんしやう (insyau)?

  1. impression
Derived terms

Verb

印(いん)象(しょう)する • (inshō suru) ←いんしやう (insyau)?suru (stem 印(いん)象(しょう)し (inshō shi), past 印(いん)象(しょう)した (inshō shita))

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

² Spoken imperative

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
印 象
いん
Grade: 4 		ぞう
Grade: 5
goon

Noun

印(いん)象(ぞう) • (inzō) ←いんざう (inzau)?

  1. (Buddhism) the act of a clear image or form appearing, as if impressed like a stamp; also refers to such a shape
  2. (Buddhism) the act of printing an image of a Buddha (statue), or the printed image of a Buddha (statue) itself

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ “印象Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
印象

Noun

印象 • (insang) (hangeul 인상)

  1. hanja form? of 인상 (“impression”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
印象

Noun

印象

  1. chữ Hán form of ấn tượng (“impression”).

Adjective

印象

  1. chữ Hán form of ấn tượng (“impressive”).
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