藉口

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See also: 借口

Chinese

by means of; in disorder mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (藉口/借口) 藉/借 口
simp. (借口) 借 口

Pronunciation

Noun

藉口

  1. excuse; pretext
    你最好為遲到找個好藉口。 [MSC, trad.]
    你最好为迟到找个好借口。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zuìhǎo wèi chídào zhǎo ge hǎo jièkǒu.
    You'd better have a good excuse for being late.

Synonyms

Verb

藉口

  1. to use as an excuse
    他藉口有事不來上班。 [MSC, trad.]
    他借口有事不来上班。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā jièkǒu yǒu shì bù lái shàngbān.
    He used the fact that he had things to do as an excuse not to go to work.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (藉口):
  • → Japanese: 藉口(しゃこう) (shakō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藉 口
しゃ
Hyōgai 		こう
Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

藉(しゃ)口(こう) • (shakō) 

  1. excuse, pretense, pretext
    Synonyms: 口実 (kōjitsu), 仮託 (kataku), 託け (kakotsuke); see also Thesaurus:口実

Verb

藉(しゃ)口(こう)する • (shakō suru) suru (stem 藉(しゃ)口(こう)し (shakō shi), past 藉(しゃ)口(こう)した (shakō shita))

  1. to use as an excuse or pretext

Conjugation

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