応じる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
應じる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Shift from verb (おう)ずる (ōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「応じる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
応じる ーじる
Imperative (命令形) 応じろ ーじろ
Key constructions
Passive 応じられる ーじられる
Causative 応じさせる ーじさせる
Potential 応じられる ーじられる
Volitional 応じよう ーじよ
Negative 応じない ーじない
Negative perfective 応じなかった ーじなかった
Formal 応じます ーじま
Perfective 応じた ーじた
Conjunctive 応じて ーじて
Hypothetical conditional 応じれば ーじれ

Verb

(おう)じる (ōjiruintransitive ichidan (stem (おう) (ōji), past (おう)じた (ōjita))

  1. satisfy, meet
  2. comply with, obey
  3. answer, respond

Conjugation

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