流転

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
流 転
る
Grade: 3 		てん
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spelling
流轉 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

流(る)転(てん) • (ruten) ←るてん (ruten)?

  1. constant change
  2. (Buddhism) moving through the cycle of life and death in the six realms and four paths

Derived terms

Verb

流(る)転(てん)する • (ruten suru) ←るてん (ruten)?suru (stem 流(る)転(てん)し (ruten shi), past 流(る)転(てん)した (ruten shita))

  1. to constantly change
  2. (Buddhism) to move through the cycle of life and death in the six realms and four paths

Conjugation

Conjugation of "流転する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 流転し るてんし ruten shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 流転し るてんし ruten shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 流転する るてんする ruten suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 流転する るてんする ruten suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 流転すれ るてんすれ ruten sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 流転せよ¹
流転しろ² 		るてんせよ¹
るてんしろ² 		ruten seyo¹
ruten shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 流転される るてんされる ruten sareru
Causative 流転させる
流転さす 		るてんさせる
るてんさす 		ruten saseru
ruten sasu
Potential 流転できる るてんできる ruten dekiru
Volitional 流転しよう るてんしよう ruten shiyō
Negative 流転しない るてんしない ruten shinai
Negative continuative 流転せず るてんせず ruten sezu
Formal 流転します るてんします ruten shimasu
Perfective 流転した るてんした ruten shita
Conjunctive 流転して るてんして ruten shite
Hypothetical conditional 流転すれば るてんすれば ruten sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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