掻頭

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See also: 搔頭, and 搔头

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掻 頭
そう
Hyōgai 		とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
搔頭 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

掻(そう)頭(とう) • (sōtō) ←さうとう (sautou)?

  1. scratching the head
  2. ornamental hairpin
    Synonym: かんざし (kanzashi)

Verb

掻(そう)頭(とう)する • (sōtō suru) ←さうとう (sautou)?intransitive suru (stem 掻(そう)頭(とう)し (sōtō shi), past 掻(そう)頭(とう)した (sōtō shita))

  1. to scratch the head

Conjugation

Conjugation of "掻頭する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 掻頭し そうとうし sōtō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 掻頭し そうとうし sōtō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 掻頭する そうとうする sōtō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 掻頭する そうとうする sōtō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 掻頭すれ そうとうすれ sōtō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 掻頭せよ¹
掻頭しろ² 		そうとうせよ¹
そうとうしろ² 		sōtō seyo¹
sōtō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 掻頭される そうとうされる sōtō sareru
Causative 掻頭させる
掻頭さす 		そうとうさせる
そうとうさす 		sōtō saseru
sōtō sasu
Potential 掻頭できる そうとうできる sōtō dekiru
Volitional 掻頭しよう そうとうしよう sōtō shiyō
Negative 掻頭しない そうとうしない sōtō shinai
Negative continuative 掻頭せず そうとうせず sōtō sezu
Formal 掻頭します そうとうします sōtō shimasu
Perfective 掻頭した そうとうした sōtō shita
Conjunctive 掻頭して そうとうして sōtō shite
Hypothetical conditional 掻頭すれば そうとうすれば sōtō 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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