検討

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See also: 檢討 and 检讨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
検 討
けん
Grade: 5 		とう
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
檢討 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

検(けん)討(とう) • (kentō) ←けんたう (kentau)?

  1. consideration
  2. conversation or debate concerning a particular topic; discussion

Verb

検(けん)討(とう)する • (kentō suru) transitive suru (stem 検(けん)討(とう)し (kentō shi), past 検(けん)討(とう)した (kentō shita))

  1. to consider
    検討(けんとう)すべきか迷(まよ)っている
    kentō subeki ka mayotteiru
    We are pondering whether we should consider it or not.
    地球温暖化対策(ちきゅうおんだんかたいさく)を検討(けんとう)する
    chikyū ondanka taisaku o kentō suru
    consider measures to cope with global warming

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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