指す

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Cognate with () (sasu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "指す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
指す
Imperative (命令形) 指せ
Key constructions
Passive 指される され
Causative 指させる させ
Potential 指せる
Volitional 指そう
Negative 指さない ない
Negative perfective 指さなかった なかった
Formal 指します しま
Perfective 指した した
Conjunctive 指して して
Hypothetical conditional 指せば せば

Verb

() (sasutransitive godan (stem () (sashi), past ()した (sashita))

  1. point (at, to)
  2. indicate; specify; point out
  3. (shogi, chess) play (the game or a move); move (a piece); make (a move)

Conjugation

References

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