独白

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See also: 獨白

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独白 – see 獨白 (“monologue; soliloquy”).
(This term is the simplified form of 獨白).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独 白
どく
Grade: 5 		はく
Grade: 1
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
獨白 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

独(どく)白(はく) • (dokuhaku) 

  1. a monologue or soliloquy
  2. talking to oneself

Verb

独(どく)白(はく)する • (dokuhaku suru) suru (stem 独(どく)白(はく)し (dokuhaku shi), past 独(どく)白(はく)した (dokuhaku shita))

  1. to soliloquize or conduct a monologue

Conjugation

Conjugation of "独白する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 独白し どくはくし dokuhaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 独白し どくはくし dokuhaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 独白する どくはくする dokuhaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 独白する どくはくする dokuhaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 独白すれ どくはくすれ dokuhaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 独白せよ¹
独白しろ² 		どくはくせよ¹
どくはくしろ² 		dokuhaku seyo¹
dokuhaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 独白される どくはくされる dokuhaku sareru
Causative 独白させる
独白さす 		どくはくさせる
どくはくさす 		dokuhaku saseru
dokuhaku sasu
Potential 独白できる どくはくできる dokuhaku dekiru
Volitional 独白しよう どくはくしよう dokuhaku shiyō
Negative 独白しない どくはくしない dokuhaku shinai
Negative continuative 独白せず どくはくせず dokuhaku sezu
Formal 独白します どくはくします dokuhaku shimasu
Perfective 独白した どくはくした dokuhaku shita
Conjunctive 独白して どくはくして dokuhaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 独白すれば どくはくすれば dokuhaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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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