洗脳
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 洗 | 脳 |
| せん Grade: 6 |
のう Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 洗腦 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 洗 (sen, “washing”) + 脳 (nō, “brain”), calque of English brain-washing, itself a calque of Chinese 洗腦／洗脑 (xǐnǎo).
Pronunciation
Noun
Verb
洗脳する • (sennō suru) ←せんなう (sennau)?transitive suru (stem 洗脳し (sennō shi), past 洗脳した (sennō shita))
- to brainwash
Conjugation
Conjugation of "洗脳する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 洗脳し | せんのうし | sennō shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 洗脳し | せんのうし | sennō shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 洗脳する | せんのうする | sennō suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 洗脳する | せんのうする | sennō suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 洗脳すれ | せんのうすれ | sennō sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 洗脳せよ¹ 洗脳しろ² |
せんのうせよ¹ せんのうしろ² |
sennō seyo¹ sennō shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 洗脳される | せんのうされる | sennō sareru | |
| Causative | 洗脳させる 洗脳さす |
せんのうさせる せんのうさす |
sennō saseru sennō sasu | |
| Potential | 洗脳できる | せんのうできる | sennō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 洗脳しよう | せんのうしよう | sennō shiyō | |
| Negative | 洗脳しない | せんのうしない | sennō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 洗脳せず | せんのうせず | sennō sezu | |
| Formal | 洗脳します | せんのうします | sennō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 洗脳した | せんのうした | sennō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 洗脳して | せんのうして | sennō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 洗脳すれば | せんのうすれば | sennō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||