機能

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See also: 机能

Chinese

machine; opportunity; secret
ability; can; may
ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
 
trad. (機能) 機 能
simp. (机能) 机 能

Pronunciation

Noun

機能

  1. function (in cells, tissues, nerves, organs, etc.)
    機能亢進／机能亢进  ―  jīnéng kàngjìn  ―  hyperfunction (in medicine)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
機 能
き
Grade: 4 		のう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

機(き)能(のう) • (kinō) 

  1. a function
    一切(いっさい)の機(き)能(のう)が停(てい)止(し)した。
    Issai no kinō ga teishi shita.
    All its functions are suspended.

Derived terms

Verb

機(き)能(のう)する • (kinō suru) suru (stem 機(き)能(のう)し (kinō shi), past 機(き)能(のう)した (kinō shita))

  1. function (as something), work

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
機能

Noun

機能 • (gineung) (hangeul 기능)

  1. hanja form? of 기능 (“function or functionality”)
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