活用

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Chinese

to live; alive; living
to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
 
 to use
simp. and trad.
(活用) 		活 用

Pronunciation

Verb

活用

  1. to flexibly put to use; to apply flexibly; to have multiple uses
  2. to inflect; to conjugate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
活 用
かつ
Grade: 2 		よう
Grade: 2
kan'on
 活用 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

活(かつ)用(よう) • (katsuyō) ←くわつよう (kwatuyou)?

  1. application (the use of a thing)
  2. inflection (of a verb, conjugation; of an adjective or noun, declension)
    Coordinate term: 曲用 (kyokuyō, “declension”)

Derived terms

Verb

活(かつ)用(よう)する • (katsuyō suru) ←くわつよう (kwatuyou)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 活(かつ)用(よう)し (katsuyō shi), past 活(かつ)用(よう)した (katsuyō shita))

  1. (transitive) to utilize
    データをうまく活用(かつよう)する
    dēta o umaku katsuyō suru
    to skilfully utilize data
  2. (intransitive, grammar) to inflect, to conjugate

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

See also

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
活用

Noun

活用 • (hwaryong) (hangeul 활용)

  1. hanja form? of 활용 (“application (the use of a thing)”)
  2. hanja form? of 활용 (“(grammar) conjugation, declension, inflection”)
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