夏眠

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Chinese

summer; Xia (proper name) sleep
trad. (夏眠) 夏 眠
simp. #(夏眠) 夏 眠

Pronunciation

Verb

夏眠

  1. to aestivate

Antonyms

Noun

夏眠

  1. aestivation

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夏 眠
か
Grade: 2 		みん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

夏(か)眠(みん) • (kamin) 

  1. aestivation

Verb

夏(か)眠(みん)する • (kamin suru) intransitive suru (stem 夏(か)眠(みん)し (kamin shi), past 夏(か)眠(みん)した (kamin shita))

  1. estivate
    天蚕(やままゆ)は蛹(さなぎ)で夏眠(かみん)する
    yamamayu wa sanagi de kamin suru
    the Japanese oak silkmoth estivates in its chrysalis

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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