概説

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
概 説
がい
Grade: S 		せつ
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
槪說 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

概(がい)説(せつ) • (gaisetsu) 

  1. outline

Verb

概(がい)説(せつ)する • (gaisetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 概(がい)説(せつ)し (gaisetsu shi), past 概(がい)説(せつ)した (gaisetsu shita))

  1. give an outline, state generally
    具体的(ぐたいてき)にどのような内容(ないよう)なのかを概説(がいせつ)する。
    Gutaiteki ni dono yō na naiyō na no ka o gaisetsu suru.
    We'll outline specifically what sort of subject it is.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "概説する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 概説し がいせつし gaisetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 概説し がいせつし gaisetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 概説する がいせつする gaisetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 概説する がいせつする gaisetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 概説すれ がいせつすれ gaisetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 概説せよ¹
概説しろ² 		がいせつせよ¹
がいせつしろ² 		gaisetsu seyo¹
gaisetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 概説される がいせつされる gaisetsu sareru
Causative 概説させる
概説さす 		がいせつさせる
がいせつさす 		gaisetsu saseru
gaisetsu sasu
Potential 概説できる がいせつできる gaisetsu dekiru
Volitional 概説しよう がいせつしよう gaisetsu shiyō
Negative 概説しない がいせつしない gaisetsu shinai
Negative continuative 概説せず がいせつせず gaisetsu sezu
Formal 概説します がいせつします gaisetsu shimasu
Perfective 概説した がいせつした gaisetsu shita
Conjunctive 概説して がいせつして gaisetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 概説すれば がいせつすれば gaisetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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