性転換
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 性 | 転 | 換 |
| せい Grade: 5 |
てん Grade: 3 |
かん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 性轉換 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 性 (sei, “sex”) + 転換 (tenkan, “change”).
Pronunciation
Noun
性転換 • (seitenkan) ←せいてんくわん (seitenkwan)?
- sex change
- (transgender, sometimes offensive) gender reassignment
Synonyms
Verb
性転換する • (seitenkan suru) ←せいてんくわん (seitenkwan)?suru (stem 性転換し (seitenkan shi), past 性転換した (seitenkan shita))
- undergo sex change
- (transgender, sometimes offensive) be operate in gender reassignment surgery
Conjugation
Conjugation of "性転換する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 性転換し | せいてんかんし | seitenkan shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 性転換し | せいてんかんし | seitenkan shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 性転換する | せいてんかんする | seitenkan suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 性転換する | せいてんかんする | seitenkan suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 性転換すれ | せいてんかんすれ | seitenkan sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 性転換せよ¹ 性転換しろ² |
せいてんかんせよ¹ せいてんかんしろ² |
seitenkan seyo¹ seitenkan shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 性転換される | せいてんかんされる | seitenkan sareru | |
| Causative | 性転換させる 性転換さす |
せいてんかんさせる せいてんかんさす |
seitenkan saseru seitenkan sasu | |
| Potential | 性転換できる | せいてんかんできる | seitenkan dekiru | |
| Volitional | 性転換しよう | せいてんかんしよう | seitenkan shiyō | |
| Negative | 性転換しない | せいてんかんしない | seitenkan shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 性転換せず | せいてんかんせず | seitenkan sezu | |
| Formal | 性転換します | せいてんかんします | seitenkan shimasu | |
| Perfective | 性転換した | せいてんかんした | seitenkan shita | |
| Conjunctive | 性転換して | せいてんかんして | seitenkan shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 性転換すれば | せいてんかんすれば | seitenkan sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third 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