帰西

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
帰 西
き
Grade: 2 		さい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
歸西 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally, “return to the west”, from the belief that the Pure Land lies in the far west

Pronunciation

Noun

帰(き)西(さい) • (kisai) 

  1. (Buddhism, euphemistic) death

Verb

帰(き)西(さい)する • (kisai suru) suru (stem 帰(き)西(さい)し (kisai shi), past 帰(き)西(さい)した (kisai shita))

  1. (Buddhism, euphemistic) to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of "帰西する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 帰西し きさいし kisai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 帰西し きさいし kisai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 帰西する きさいする kisai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 帰西する きさいする kisai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 帰西すれ きさいすれ kisai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 帰西せよ¹
帰西しろ² 		きさいせよ¹
きさいしろ² 		kisai seyo¹
kisai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 帰西される きさいされる kisai sareru
Causative 帰西させる
帰西さす 		きさいさせる
きさいさす 		kisai saseru
kisai sasu
Potential 帰西できる きさいできる kisai dekiru
Volitional 帰西しよう きさいしよう kisai shiyō
Negative 帰西しない きさいしない kisai shinai
Negative continuative 帰西せず きさいせず kisai sezu
Formal 帰西します きさいします kisai shimasu
Perfective 帰西した きさいした kisai shita
Conjunctive 帰西して きさいして kisai shite
Hypothetical conditional 帰西すれば きさいすれば kisai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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