省約

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
省 約
せい
Grade: 4 		やく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

省(せい)約(やく) • (seiyaku) 

  1. abbreviation; shortening

Verb

省(せい)約(やく)する • (seiyaku suru) suru (stem 省(せい)約(やく)し (seiyaku shi), past 省(せい)約(やく)した (seiyaku shita))

  1. to abbreviate; to shorten

Conjugation

Conjugation of "省約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 省約し せいやくし seiyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 省約し せいやくし seiyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 省約する せいやくする seiyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 省約する せいやくする seiyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 省約すれ せいやくすれ seiyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 省約せよ¹
省約しろ² 		せいやくせよ¹
せいやくしろ² 		seiyaku seyo¹
seiyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 省約される せいやくされる seiyaku sareru
Causative 省約させる
省約さす 		せいやくさせる
せいやくさす 		seiyaku saseru
seiyaku sasu
Potential 省約できる せいやくできる seiyaku dekiru
Volitional 省約しよう せいやくしよう seiyaku shiyō
Negative 省約しない せいやくしない seiyaku shinai
Negative continuative 省約せず せいやくせず seiyaku sezu
Formal 省約します せいやくします seiyaku shimasu
Perfective 省約した せいやくした seiyaku shita
Conjunctive 省約して せいやくして seiyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 省約すれば せいやくすれば seiyaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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