同棲

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
同 棲
どう
Grade: 2 		せい
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

同(どう)棲(せい) • (dōsei) 

  1. living together (especially as an unmarried couple); cohabitation

Verb

同(どう)棲(せい)する • (dōsei suru) suru (stem 同(どう)棲(せい)し (dōsei shi), past 同(どう)棲(せい)した (dōsei shita))

  1. to live together (especially as an unmarried couple); to cohabit

Conjugation

Conjugation of "同棲する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 同棲し どうせいし dōsei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 同棲し どうせいし dōsei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 同棲する どうせいする dōsei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 同棲する どうせいする dōsei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 同棲すれ どうせいすれ dōsei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 同棲せよ¹
同棲しろ² 		どうせいせよ¹
どうせいしろ² 		dōsei seyo¹
dōsei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 同棲される どうせいされる dōsei sareru
Causative 同棲させる
同棲さす 		どうせいさせる
どうせいさす 		dōsei saseru
dōsei sasu
Potential 同棲できる どうせいできる dōsei dekiru
Volitional 同棲しよう どうせいしよう dōsei shiyō
Negative 同棲しない どうせいしない dōsei shinai
Negative continuative 同棲せず どうせいせず dōsei sezu
Formal 同棲します どうせいします dōsei shimasu
Perfective 同棲した どうせいした dōsei shita
Conjunctive 同棲して どうせいして dōsei shite
Hypothetical conditional 同棲すれば どうせいすれば dōsei 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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