独占

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See also: 獨占 and 獨佔

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独占 – see 獨佔 (“to monopolize; to take over; to have something all to oneself”).
(This term is the simplified form of 獨佔).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独 占
どく
Grade: 5 		せん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
獨占 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

独(どく)占(せん) • (dokusen) 

  1. monopoly, exclusive possession
  2. an economic monopoly

Synonyms

Verb

独(どく)占(せん)する • (dokusen suru) suru (stem 独(どく)占(せん)し (dokusen shi), past 独(どく)占(せん)した (dokusen shita))

  1. to monopolize, keep to oneself, dominate
  2. to monopolize, have an economic monopoly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "独占する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 独占し どくせんし dokusen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 独占し どくせんし dokusen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 独占する どくせんする dokusen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 独占する どくせんする dokusen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 独占すれ どくせんすれ dokusen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 独占せよ¹
独占しろ² 		どくせんせよ¹
どくせんしろ² 		dokusen seyo¹
dokusen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 独占される どくせんされる dokusen sareru
Causative 独占させる
独占さす 		どくせんさせる
どくせんさす 		dokusen saseru
dokusen sasu
Potential 独占できる どくせんできる dokusen dekiru
Volitional 独占しよう どくせんしよう dokusen shiyō
Negative 独占しない どくせんしない dokusen shinai
Negative continuative 独占せず どくせんせず dokusen sezu
Formal 独占します どくせんします dokusen shimasu
Perfective 独占した どくせんした dokusen shita
Conjunctive 独占して どくせんして dokusen shite
Hypothetical conditional 独占すれば どくせんすれば dokusen 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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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