群生

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Chinese

crowd; flock; group
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
trad. (群生/羣生) 群/羣 生
simp. (群生) 群 生

Pronunciation

Noun

群生

  1. (literary) living beings.
  2. (literary) the common people.
    Synonym: 眾生 / 众生 (zhòngshēng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
群 生
ぐん
Grade: 4 		せい
Grade: 1
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
群棲

生 is a daiyōji replacing 棲.

Pronunciation

Noun

群(ぐん)生(せい) • (gunsei) ←ぐんせい (gunsei)?

  1. (of animals) living together
  2. (of plants) growing together
  3. Same as ぐんじょう below.

Verb

群(ぐん)生(せい)する • (gunsei suru) ←ぐんせい (gunsei)?intransitive suru (stem 群(ぐん)生(せい)し (gunsei shi), past 群(ぐん)生(せい)した (gunsei shita))

  1. (of animals) to live together
  2. (of plants) to grow together
Conjugation
Conjugation of "群生する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 群生し ぐんせいし gunsei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 群生し ぐんせいし gunsei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 群生する ぐんせいする gunsei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 群生する ぐんせいする gunsei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 群生すれ ぐんせいすれ gunsei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 群生せよ¹
群生しろ² 		ぐんせいせよ¹
ぐんせいしろ² 		gunsei seyo¹
gunsei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 群生される ぐんせいされる gunsei sareru
Causative 群生させる
群生さす 		ぐんせいさせる
ぐんせいさす 		gunsei saseru
gunsei sasu
Potential 群生できる ぐんせいできる gunsei dekiru
Volitional 群生しよう ぐんせいしよう gunsei shiyō
Negative 群生しない ぐんせいしない gunsei shinai
Negative continuative 群生せず ぐんせいせず gunsei sezu
Formal 群生します ぐんせいします gunsei shimasu
Perfective 群生した ぐんせいした gunsei shita
Conjunctive 群生して ぐんせいして gunsei shite
Hypothetical conditional 群生すれば ぐんせいすれば gunsei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
群 生
ぐん
Grade: 4 		しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

群(ぐん)生(じょう) • (gunjō) ←ぐんじやう (gunzyau)?

  1. (Buddhism) all living things

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
群生

Noun

群生 • (gunsaeng) (hangeul 군생)

  1. hanja form? of 군생
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