祈とう

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈
き
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
祈とう (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Replacing 祷, which is excluded from jōyō kanji, in 祈(き)祷(とう) (kitō) with とう.

Pronunciation

Noun

祈(き)とう • (kitō) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 祈祷 (kitō, “prayer”)

Verb

祈(き)とうする • (kitō suru) suru (stem 祈(き)とうし (kitō shi), past 祈(き)とうした (kitō shita))

  1. Alternative spelling of 祈祷する (kitō suru, “to pray”)

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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