用心

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Chinese

to use heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(用心) 		用 心

Pronunciation

Noun

用心

  1. intention; motive

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Verb

用⫽心 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to be diligent; to be attentive; to be careful
  2. to harbour (malicious) intentions

Synonyms

  • (to be diligent):
  • (to harbour intentions):

Adverb

用心

  1. diligently; attentively; carefully

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
用 心
よう
Grade: 2 		しん > じん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
要心

Noun

用(よう)心(じん) • (yōjin) 

  1. care
  2. caution

Verb

用(よう)心(じん)する • (yōjin suru) suru (stem 用(よう)心(じん)し (yōjin shi), past 用(よう)心(じん)した (yōjin shita))

  1. to be careful
    • 1951, 宮本百合子, お久美さんと其の周囲:
      私共(わたしども)で用心(ようじん)するばっかりだわ。
      Watashi-domo de yōjin suru bakkari da wa.
      My, aren't we the careful ones!
  2. to be cautious
    • 1930, 浜尾四郎, 彼は誰を殺したか:
      現(げん)に中条自身(なかじょうじしん)も危(あぶな)いのでずい分(ぶん)用心(ようじん)して歩(ある)いているのだ。
      genni Nakajō jishin mo abunai node zuibun yōjin shite aruiteiru no da.
      Nakajō himself was actually in danger so was really walking with his guard up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "用心する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 用心し ようじんし yōjin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 用心し ようじんし yōjin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 用心する ようじんする yōjin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 用心する ようじんする yōjin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 用心すれ ようじんすれ yōjin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 用心せよ¹
用心しろ² 		ようじんせよ¹
ようじんしろ² 		yōjin seyo¹
yōjin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 用心される ようじんされる yōjin sareru
Causative 用心させる
用心さす 		ようじんさせる
ようじんさす 		yōjin saseru
yōjin sasu
Potential 用心できる ようじんできる yōjin dekiru
Volitional 用心しよう ようじんしよう yōjin shiyō
Negative 用心しない ようじんしない yōjin shinai
Negative continuative 用心せず ようじんせず yōjin sezu
Formal 用心します ようじんします yōjin shimasu
Perfective 用心した ようじんした yōjin shita
Conjunctive 用心して ようじんして yōjin shite
Hypothetical conditional 用心すれば ようじんすれば yōjin sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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