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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
左遷
- (literary) to demote (to a lower rank)
Synonyms
- 燉冬菇 / 炖冬菇 (dan6 dung1 gu1) (Cantonese)
- 甪職 / 甪职 (Hokkien)
- 落格 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 貶官 / 贬官 (biǎnguān) (an official)
- 貶斥 / 贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
- 貶職 / 贬职 (biǎnzhí) (literary)
- 貶黜 / 贬黜 (biǎnchù) (literary)
- 降級 / 降级 (jiàngjí)
- 降職 / 降职 (jiàngzhí)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
左遷 • (sasen) ←させん (sasen)?
- demotion
Verb
左遷する • (sasen suru) ←させん (sasen)?transitive suru (stem 左遷し (sasen shi), past 左遷した (sasen shita))
- to demote
1934, Osamu Dazai, Kare wa mukashi no kare narazu [He is not the man he used to be]:
- 名古屋の支店へ左遷されたのである。
- Nagoya no shiten e sasen sareta no de aru.
- He had been demoted to a branch in Nagoya.
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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左遷し
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させんし
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sasen shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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左遷し
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させんし
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sasen shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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左遷する
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させんする
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sasen suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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左遷する
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させんする
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sasen suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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左遷すれ
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させんすれ
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sasen sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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左遷せよ¹
左遷しろ²
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させんせよ¹
させんしろ²
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sasen seyo¹
sasen shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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左遷される
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させんされる
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sasen sareru
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| Causative
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左遷させる
左遷さす
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させんさせる
させんさす
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sasen saseru
sasen sasu
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| Potential
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左遷できる
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させんできる
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sasen dekiru
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| Volitional
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左遷しよう
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させんしよう
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sasen shiyō
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| Negative
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左遷しない
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させんしない
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sasen shinai
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| Negative continuative
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左遷せず
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させんせず
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sasen sezu
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| Formal
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左遷します
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させんします
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sasen shimasu
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| Perfective
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左遷した
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させんした
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sasen shita
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| Conjunctive
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左遷して
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させんして
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sasen shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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左遷すれば
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させんすれば
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sasen sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
左遷 • (jwacheon) (hangeul 좌천)
- hanja form? of 좌천