着想

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See also: 著想

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 着想 – see 著想 (“to consider; to take into consideration; to give thought to”).
(This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 著想).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
着 想
ちゃく
Grade: 3 		そう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

着(ちゃく)想(そう) • (chakusō) 

  1. idea
    Synonyms: 思い付き, アイディア

Verb

着(ちゃく)想(そう)する • (chakusō suru) suru (stem 着(ちゃく)想(そう)し (chakusō shi), past 着(ちゃく)想(そう)した (chakusō shita))

  1. conceive of an idea

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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