発言

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
発 言
はつ
Grade: 3 		げん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
發言 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

発(はつ)言(げん) • (hatsugen) 

  1. comment
    発言(はつげん)を許(ゆる)します。
    Hatsugen o yurushimasu.
    You are permitted to speak.
    どうぞ、お発言(はつげん)下(くだ)さい。
    Dōzo, o-hatsugen kudasai.
    Please do share your thoughts.

Verb

発(はつ)言(げん)する • (hatsugen suru) suru (stem 発(はつ)言(げん)し (hatsugen shi), past 発(はつ)言(げん)した (hatsugen shita))

  1. to make remarks, to say

Conjugation

Conjugation of "発言する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 発言し はつげんし hatsugen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 発言し はつげんし hatsugen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 発言する はつげんする hatsugen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 発言する はつげんする hatsugen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 発言すれ はつげんすれ hatsugen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 発言せよ¹
発言しろ² 		はつげんせよ¹
はつげんしろ² 		hatsugen seyo¹
hatsugen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 発言される はつげんされる hatsugen sareru
Causative 発言させる
発言さす 		はつげんさせる
はつげんさす 		hatsugen saseru
hatsugen sasu
Potential 発言できる はつげんできる hatsugen dekiru
Volitional 発言しよう はつげんしよう hatsugen shiyō
Negative 発言しない はつげんしない hatsugen shinai
Negative continuative 発言せず はつげんせず hatsugen sezu
Formal 発言します はつげんします hatsugen shimasu
Perfective 発言した はつげんした hatsugen shita
Conjunctive 発言して はつげんして hatsugen shite
Hypothetical conditional 発言すれば はつげんすれば hatsugen 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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