外見

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
外 見
がい
Grade: 2 		けん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

外(がい)見(けん) • (gaiken) 

  1. that which is displayed, shown to other people
  2. that which other people may see, appearance
  3. outward appearance, superficial appearance
    Synonyms: 上辺 (uwabe), 外観 (gaikan)

Verb

外(がい)見(けん)する • (gaiken suru) suru (stem 外(がい)見(けん)し (gaiken shi), past 外(がい)見(けん)した (gaiken shita))

  1. to show to other people, to display
  2. to be seen by others, to appear

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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