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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 形 (katachi, “shape”) + 作る (tsukuru, “to build, to make”). The tsukuru changes to zukuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Verb
形作る • (katachizukuru) transitive godan (stem 形作り (katachizukuri), past 形作った (katachizukutta))
- to shape something, to give form to something
形作る • (katachizukuru) intransitive godan (stem 形作り (katachizukuri), past 形作った (katachizukutta))
- to take shape, to come together
- to compose or comprise something, to make up a group
Synonyms
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN