潜行

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 潜行 – see 潛行 (“to move under water; to move stealthily; to sneak”).
(This term is the simplified form of 潛行).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
潜 行
せん
Grade: S 		こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
潛行 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

潜(せん)行(こう) • (senkō) ←せんかう (senkau)?

  1. traveling underwater
  2. traveling secretly
    Synonym: 微行 (bikō)
  3. working secretly, undercover activity

Derived terms

Verb

潜(せん)行(こう)する • (senkō suru) ←せんかう (senkau)?intransitive suru (stem 潜(せん)行(こう)し (senkō shi), past 潜(せん)行(こう)した (senkō shita))

  1. to travel underwater
  2. to travel secretly
    Synonym: 微行する (bikō suru)
    • 2002, 菊池道人, 北条氏康: 信玄・謙信と覇を競った関東の雄, PHP文庫, page 167:
      夜(や)陰(いん)に紛(まぎ)れ、岨(そば)道(みち)を潜(せん)行(こう)し、山(やま)陰(かげ)に身(み)を隠(かく)していた敵(てき)の別(べつ)動(どう)隊(たい)に気(き)づかなかったのである。
      Yain ni magire, sobamichi o senkō shi, yamakage ni mi o kakushite ita teki no betsudōtai ni kizukanakatta no de aru.
      They had not noticed the enemy detachment that had traveled furtively down the dangerous mountain path under cover of night and had hidden themselves in the mountain shadows.
  3. to work secretly, to act undercover

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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