曳航

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
曳 航
えい
Jinmeiyō 		こう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

曳(えい)航(こう) • (eikō) 

  1. towing a ship

Verb

曳(えい)航(こう)する • (eikō suru) transitive suru (stem 曳(えい)航(こう)し (eikō shi), past 曳(えい)航(こう)した (eikō shita))

  1. tow a ship
    • 1934, 島木健作, 鰊漁場:
      夜(よる)が明(あ)けてから陸地(りくち)に向(むか)って曳航(えいこう)した
      yoru ga akete kara rikuchi ni mukatte eikō shita
      as day broke, we towed it back toward land

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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