宣戦

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
宣 戦
せん
Grade: 6 		せん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
宣戰 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

宣(せん)戦(せん) • (sensen) ←せんせん (sensen)?

  1. declaring war

Derived terms

Verb

宣(せん)戦(せん)する • (sensen suru) ←せんせん (sensen)?suru (stem 宣(せん)戦(せん)し (sensen shi), past 宣(せん)戦(せん)した (sensen shita))

  1. to declare war

Conjugation

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