唖然

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
唖 然
あ
Hyōgai 		ぜん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
啞然 (kyūjitai)
あ然

Pronunciation

Adjective

唖(あ)然(ぜん) • (azen) †-tari (adnominal 唖(あ)然(ぜん)とした (azen to shita) or 唖(あ)然(ぜん)たる (azen taru), adverbial 唖(あ)然(ぜん)と (azen to) or 唖(あ)然(ぜん)として (azen to shite))

  1. dumbfounded, speechless

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "唖然たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 唖然たら あぜんたら azen tara
Continuative (連用形) 唖然と
唖然たり		 あぜんと
あぜんたり		 azen to
azen tari
Terminal (終止形) 唖然たり あぜんたり azen tari
Attributive (連体形) 唖然たる あぜんたる azen taru
Realis (已然形) 唖然たれ あぜんたれ azen tare
Imperative (命令形) 唖然たれ あぜんたれ azen tare
Key constructions
Negative 唖然たらず あぜんたらず azen tarazu
Contrasting conjunction 唖然たれど あぜんたれど azen taredo
Causal conjunction 唖然たれば あぜんたれば azen tareba
Conditional conjunction 唖然たらば あぜんたらば azen taraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 唖然たりき あぜんたりき azen tariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 唖然たりけり あぜんたりけり azen tarikeri
Adverbial 唖然と あぜんと azen to
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

References

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