発電

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
発 電
はつ
Grade: 3 		でん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
發電 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

発(はつ)電(でん) • (hatsuden) 

  1. power generation (electricity)

Derived terms

Verb

発(はつ)電(でん)する • (hatsuden suru) suru (stem 発(はつ)電(でん)し (hatsuden shi), past 発(はつ)電(でん)した (hatsuden shita))

  1. to generate power

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  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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