居候

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
居 候
い
Grade: 5 		そうろう
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

居(い)候(そうろう) • (isōrō) 

  1. a person who lives in someone else's house and is supported by them
    田中家(たなかけ)の居候(いそうろう)
    Tanaka-ke no isōrō
    a dependent of the Tanakas

Verb

居(い)候(そうろう)する • (isōrō suru) suru (stem 居(い)候(そうろう)し (isōrō shi), past 居(い)候(そうろう)した (isōrō shita))

  1. to live rent-free

Conjugation

Conjugation of "居候する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 居候し いそうろうし isōrō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 居候し いそうろうし isōrō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 居候する いそうろうする isōrō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 居候する いそうろうする isōrō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 居候すれ いそうろうすれ isōrō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 居候せよ¹
居候しろ² 		いそうろうせよ¹
いそうろうしろ² 		isōrō seyo¹
isōrō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 居候される いそうろうされる isōrō sareru
Causative 居候させる
居候さす 		いそうろうさせる
いそうろうさす 		isōrō saseru
isōrō sasu
Potential 居候できる いそうろうできる isōrō dekiru
Volitional 居候しよう いそうろうしよう isōrō shiyō
Negative 居候しない いそうろうしない isōrō shinai
Negative continuative 居候せず いそうろうせず isōrō sezu
Formal 居候します いそうろうします isōrō shimasu
Perfective 居候した いそうろうした isōrō shita
Conjunctive 居候して いそうろうして isōrō shite
Hypothetical conditional 居候すれば いそうろうすれば isōrō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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