盗聴

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盗 聴
とう
Grade: S 		ちょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
盜聽 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 盜聽 (MC dawH theng, “lit. steal a listen”). Compare modern Mandarin 盜聽／盗听.

Pronunciation

Noun

盗(とう)聴(ちょう) • (tōchō) ←たうちやう (tautyau)?

  1. wiretapping, bugging
  2. eavesdropping
    米国政府(べいこくせいふ)は盗聴(とうちょう)疑惑(ぎわく)の説明(せつめい)に追(お)われている。
    Beikoku seifu wa tōchō giwaku no setsumei ni owarete iru.
    The US government is pressed for explanation on the suspicion of its wiretapping programs.

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Verb

盗(とう)聴(ちょう)する • (tōchō suru) ←たうちやう (tautyau)?transitive suru (stem 盗(とう)聴(ちょう)し (tōchō shi), past 盗(とう)聴(ちょう)した (tōchō shita))

  1. to wiretap, to bug a room, to spy on communications
  2. to eavesdrop

Conjugation

Conjugation of "盗聴する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 盗聴し とうちょうし tōchō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 盗聴し とうちょうし tōchō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 盗聴する とうちょうする tōchō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 盗聴する とうちょうする tōchō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 盗聴すれ とうちょうすれ tōchō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 盗聴せよ¹
盗聴しろ² 		とうちょうせよ¹
とうちょうしろ² 		tōchō seyo¹
tōchō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 盗聴される とうちょうされる tōchō sareru
Causative 盗聴させる
盗聴さす 		とうちょうさせる
とうちょうさす 		tōchō saseru
tōchō sasu
Potential 盗聴できる とうちょうできる tōchō dekiru
Volitional 盗聴しよう とうちょうしよう tōchō shiyō
Negative 盗聴しない とうちょうしない tōchō shinai
Negative continuative 盗聴せず とうちょうせず tōchō sezu
Formal 盗聴します とうちょうします tōchō shimasu
Perfective 盗聴した とうちょうした tōchō shita
Conjunctive 盗聴して とうちょうして tōchō shite
Hypothetical conditional 盗聴すれば とうちょうすれば tōchō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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