司会

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司 会
し
Grade: 4 		かい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
司會 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

司(し)会(かい) • (shikai) ←しくわい (sikwai)?

  1. chairperson
  2. emcee; host
    Synonym: 司会者 (shikaisha)

Verb

司(し)会(かい)する • (shikai suru) ←しくわい (sikwai)?suru (stem 司(し)会(かい)し (shikai shi), past 司(し)会(かい)した (shikai shita))

  1. to serve as chairperson

Conjugation

Conjugation of "司会する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 司会し しかいし shikai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 司会し しかいし shikai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 司会する しかいする shikai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 司会する しかいする shikai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 司会すれ しかいすれ shikai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 司会せよ¹
司会しろ² 		しかいせよ¹
しかいしろ² 		shikai seyo¹
shikai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 司会される しかいされる shikai sareru
Causative 司会させる
司会さす 		しかいさせる
しかいさす 		shikai saseru
shikai sasu
Potential 司会できる しかいできる shikai dekiru
Volitional 司会しよう しかいしよう shikai shiyō
Negative 司会しない しかいしない shikai shinai
Negative continuative 司会せず しかいせず shikai sezu
Formal 司会します しかいします shikai shimasu
Perfective 司会した しかいした shikai shita
Conjunctive 司会して しかいして shikai shite
Hypothetical conditional 司会すれば しかいすれば shikai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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