発想

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
発 想
はつ > はっ
Grade: 3 		そう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
發想 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

発(はっ)想(そう) • (hassō) 

  1. idea, conception
  2. way of thinking
    発想(はっそう)の転換(てんかん)が必要(ひつよう)だ。
    Hassō no tenkan ga hitsuyō da.
    We need to change our way of thinking.
  3. expression in music, the musician's heart in the music

Verb

発(はっ)想(そう)する • (hassō suru) suru (stem 発(はっ)想(そう)し (hassō shi), past 発(はっ)想(そう)した (hassō shita))

  1. conceive
  2. express

Conjugation

Conjugation of "発想する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 発想し はっそうし hassō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 発想し はっそうし hassō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 発想する はっそうする hassō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 発想する はっそうする hassō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 発想すれ はっそうすれ hassō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 発想せよ¹
発想しろ² 		はっそうせよ¹
はっそうしろ² 		hassō seyo¹
hassō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 発想される はっそうされる hassō sareru
Causative 発想させる
発想さす 		はっそうさせる
はっそうさす 		hassō saseru
hassō sasu
Potential 発想できる はっそうできる hassō dekiru
Volitional 発想しよう はっそうしよう hassō shiyō
Negative 発想しない はっそうしない hassō shinai
Negative continuative 発想せず はっそうせず hassō sezu
Formal 発想します はっそうします hassō shimasu
Perfective 発想した はっそうした hassō shita
Conjunctive 発想して はっそうして hassō shite
Hypothetical conditional 発想すれば はっそうすれば hassō 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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