減給

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
減 給
げん
Grade: 5 		きゅう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

減(げん)給(きゅう) • (genkyū) 

  1. pay cut; salary cut
    Synonym: 減俸
    Antonyms: 加給, 増俸

Verb

減(げん)給(きゅう)する • (genkyū suru) suru (stem 減(げん)給(きゅう)し (genkyū shi), past 減(げん)給(きゅう)した (genkyū shita))

  1. to cut salary

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

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