渡来

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
渡 来
と
Grade: S 		らい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
渡來 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

渡(と)来(らい) • (torai) 

  1. crossing the sea from a foreign country; typically into Japan

Derived terms

Verb

渡(と)来(らい)する • (torai suru) suru (stem 渡(と)来(らい)し (torai shi), past 渡(と)来(らい)した (torai shita))

  1. be brought over (to Japan)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "渡来する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 渡来し とらいし torai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 渡来し とらいし torai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 渡来する とらいする torai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 渡来する とらいする torai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 渡来すれ とらいすれ torai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 渡来せよ¹
渡来しろ² 		とらいせよ¹
とらいしろ² 		torai seyo¹
torai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 渡来される とらいされる torai sareru
Causative 渡来させる
渡来さす 		とらいさせる
とらいさす 		torai saseru
torai sasu
Potential 渡来できる とらいできる torai dekiru
Volitional 渡来しよう とらいしよう torai shiyō
Negative 渡来しない とらいしない torai shinai
Negative continuative 渡来せず とらいせず torai sezu
Formal 渡来します とらいします torai shimasu
Perfective 渡来した とらいした torai shita
Conjunctive 渡来して とらいして torai shite
Hypothetical conditional 渡来すれば とらいすれば torai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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