記念

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See also: 记念

Chinese

to remember; to note; mark
to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
 
to miss; to think of; to read
to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty
 
trad. (記念) 記 念
simp. (记念) 记 念

Pronunciation

Verb

記念

  1. to commemorate; to mark; to remember

Synonyms

Noun

記念

  1. souvenir; memento; keepsake

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
記 念
き
Grade: 2 		ねん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

記(き)念(ねん) • (kinen) 

  1. memorial
    記念(きねん)として大切(たいせつ)に保存(ほぞん)してある。
    Kinen toshite taisetsu ni hozon shite aru.
    We saved it for memory's sake.

Derived terms

Verb

記(き)念(ねん)する • (kinen suru) transitive suru (stem 記(き)念(ねん)し (kinen shi), past 記(き)念(ねん)した (kinen shita))

  1. commemorate, celebrate, mark

Conjugation

Conjugation of "記念する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 記念し きねんし kinen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 記念し きねんし kinen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 記念する きねんする kinen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 記念する きねんする kinen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 記念すれ きねんすれ kinen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 記念せよ¹
記念しろ² 		きねんせよ¹
きねんしろ² 		kinen seyo¹
kinen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 記念される きねんされる kinen sareru
Causative 記念させる
記念さす 		きねんさせる
きねんさす 		kinen saseru
kinen sasu
Potential 記念できる きねんできる kinen dekiru
Volitional 記念しよう きねんしよう kinen shiyō
Negative 記念しない きねんしない kinen shinai
Negative continuative 記念せず きねんせず kinen sezu
Formal 記念します きねんします kinen shimasu
Perfective 記念した きねんした kinen shita
Conjunctive 記念して きねんして kinen shite
Hypothetical conditional 記念すれば きねんすれば kinen 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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