歴然

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
歴 然
れき
Grade: 5 		ぜん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
歷然 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

歴(れき)然(ぜん) • (rekizen) ←れきぜん (rekizen)?†-tari (adnominal 歴(れき)然(ぜん)とした (rekizen to shita) or 歴(れき)然(ぜん)たる (rekizen taru), adverbial 歴(れき)然(ぜん)と (rekizen to) or 歴(れき)然(ぜん)として (rekizen to shite))

  1. clear; plain; obvious

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "歴然たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 歴然たら れきぜんたら rekizentara
Continuative (連用形) 歴然と
歴然たり		 れきぜんと
れきぜんたり		 rekizento
rekizentari
Terminal (終止形) 歴然たり れきぜんたり rekizentari
Attributive (連体形) 歴然たる れきぜんたる rekizentaru
Realis (已然形) 歴然たれ れきぜんたれ rekizentare
Imperative (命令形) 歴然たれ れきぜんたれ rekizentare
Key constructions
Negative 歴然たらず れきぜんたらず rekizentarazu
Contrasting conjunction 歴然たれど れきぜんたれど rekizentaredo
Causal conjunction 歴然たれば れきぜんたれば rekizentareba
Conditional conjunction 歴然たらば れきぜんたらば rekizentaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 歴然たりき れきぜんたりき rekizentariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 歴然たりけり れきぜんたりけり rekizentarikeri
Adverbial 歴然と れきぜんと rekizento
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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