慫慂

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 慫慂 – see 慫恿 (“to instigate; to incite; to provoke”).
(This term is an ancient form of 慫恿).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慫 慂
しょう
Hyōgai 		よう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 慫慂 (MC sjowngX yowngX).

Pronunciation

Noun

慫(しょう)慂(よう) • (shōyō) ←しようよう (syouyou)?

  1. strong recommendation / encouragement
    その法案(ほうあん)は中国(ちゅうごく)の民主化(みんしゅか)の慫慂(しょうよう)を目的(もくてき)としている。
    Sono hōan wa Chūgoku no minshuka no shōyō o mokuteki to shiteiru.
    The bill aims at encouraging democratization of China.
    (literally, “The goal of the bill is strong encouragement of China's democratization.”)

Usage notes

  • Generally an obscure term, it appears to be used with frequency as railway jargon (旅行中止のしょうよう (“urging for passengers to cancel trips”)).

Verb

慫(しょう)慂(よう) • (shōyō) ←しようよう (syouyou)?

  1. to strongly recommend / encourage
    Synonym: すすめる (susumeru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "慫慂する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 慫慂し しょうようし shōyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 慫慂し しょうようし shōyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 慫慂する しょうようする shōyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 慫慂する しょうようする shōyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 慫慂すれ しょうようすれ shōyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 慫慂せよ¹
慫慂しろ² 		しょうようせよ¹
しょうようしろ² 		shōyō seyo¹
shōyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 慫慂される しょうようされる shōyō sareru
Causative 慫慂させる
慫慂さす 		しょうようさせる
しょうようさす 		shōyō saseru
shōyō sasu
Potential 慫慂できる しょうようできる shōyō dekiru
Volitional 慫慂しよう しょうようしよう shōyō shiyō
Negative 慫慂しない しょうようしない shōyō shinai
Negative continuative 慫慂せず しょうようせず shōyō sezu
Formal 慫慂します しょうようします shōyō shimasu
Perfective 慫慂した しょうようした shōyō shita
Conjunctive 慫慂して しょうようして shōyō shite
Hypothetical conditional 慫慂すれば しょうようすれば shōyō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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