祭る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
祭
まつ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
祀る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「祭る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		祭る まつる
Imperative (命令形) 祭れ まつれ
Key constructions
Passive 祭られる まつられる
Causative 祭らせる まつらせる
Potential 祭れる まつれる
Volitional 祭ろう まつろー
Negative 祭らない まつらない
Negative perfective 祭らなかった まつらなかった
Formal 祭ります まつります
Perfective 祭った まつった
Conjunctive 祭って まつって
Hypothetical conditional 祭れば まつれば

Verb

祭(まつ)る • (matsuru) transitive godan (stem 祭(まつ)り (matsuri), past 祭(まつ)った (matsutta))

  1. to worship, to enshrine, to deify
  2. to offer prayers, to pray

Conjugation

Conjugation of "祭る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 祭ら まつら matsura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 祭り まつり matsuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 祭る まつる matsuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 祭る まつる matsuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 祭れ まつれ matsure
Meireikei ("imperative") 祭れ まつれ matsure
Key constructions
Passive 祭られる まつられる matsurareru
Causative 祭らせる
祭らす 		まつらせる
まつらす 		matsuraseru
matsurasu
Potential 祭れる まつれる matsureru
Volitional 祭ろう まつろう matsurō
Negative 祭らない まつらない matsuranai
Negative continuative 祭らず まつらず matsurazu
Formal 祭ります まつります matsurimasu
Perfective 祭った まつった matsutta
Conjunctive 祭って まつって matsutte
Hypothetical conditional 祭れば まつれば matsureba

References

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