善戦

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
善 戦
ぜん
Grade: 6 		せん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
善戰 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

善(ぜん)戦(せん) • (zensen) ←ぜんせん (zensen)?

  1. good fight; fighting to the best of one's ability

Verb

善(ぜん)戦(せん)する • (zensen suru) ←ぜんせん (zensen)?suru (stem 善(ぜん)戦(せん)し (zensen shi), past 善(ぜん)戦(せん)した (zensen shita))

  1. to put up a good fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of "善戦する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 善戦し ぜんせんし zensen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 善戦し ぜんせんし zensen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 善戦する ぜんせんする zensen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 善戦する ぜんせんする zensen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 善戦すれ ぜんせんすれ zensen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 善戦せよ¹
善戦しろ² 		ぜんせんせよ¹
ぜんせんしろ² 		zensen seyo¹
zensen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 善戦される ぜんせんされる zensen sareru
Causative 善戦させる
善戦さす 		ぜんせんさせる
ぜんせんさす 		zensen saseru
zensen sasu
Potential 善戦できる ぜんせんできる zensen dekiru
Volitional 善戦しよう ぜんせんしよう zensen shiyō
Negative 善戦しない ぜんせんしない zensen shinai
Negative continuative 善戦せず ぜんせんせず zensen sezu
Formal 善戦します ぜんせんします zensen shimasu
Perfective 善戦した ぜんせんした zensen shita
Conjunctive 善戦して ぜんせんして zensen shite
Hypothetical conditional 善戦すれば ぜんせんすれば zensen 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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