訳す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
訳
やく
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
譯す (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「訳す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		訳す やくす
Imperative (命令形) 訳せ やくせ
Key constructions
Passive 訳される やくされる
Causative 訳させる やくさせる
Potential 訳せる やくせる
Volitional 訳そう やくそー
Negative 訳さない やくさない
Negative perfective 訳さなかった やくさなかった
Formal 訳します やくします
Perfective 訳した やくした
Conjunctive 訳して やくして
Hypothetical conditional 訳せば やくせば

Verb

訳(やく)す • (yakusu) transitive godan (stem 訳(やく)し (yakushi), past 訳(やく)した (yakushita))

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    Synonyms: 訳する, 翻訳する

Conjugation

Conjugation of "訳す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 訳さ やくさ yakusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 訳し やくし yakushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 訳す やくす yakusu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 訳す やくす yakusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 訳せ やくせ yakuse
Meireikei ("imperative") 訳せ やくせ yakuse
Key constructions
Passive 訳される やくされる yakusareru
Causative 訳させる
訳さす 		やくさせる
やくさす 		yakusaseru
yakusasu
Potential 訳せる やくせる yakuseru
Volitional 訳そう やくそう yakusō
Negative 訳さない やくさない yakusanai
Negative continuative 訳さず やくさず yakusazu
Formal 訳します やくします yakushimasu
Perfective 訳した やくした yakushita
Conjunctive 訳して やくして yakushite
Hypothetical conditional 訳せば やくせば yakuseba
Classical conjugation of "訳す" (サ行変格活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 訳せ やくせ yakuse
Continuative (連用形) 訳し やくし yakusi
Terminal (終止形) 訳す やくす yakusu
Attributive (連体形) 訳する やくする yakusuru
Realis (已然形) 訳すれ やくすれ yakusure
Imperative (命令形) 訳せよ やくせよ yakuseyo
Key constructions
Negative 訳せず やくせず yakusezu
Contrasting conjunction 訳すれど やくすれど yakusuredo
Causal conjunction 訳すれば やくすれば yakusureba
Conditional conjunction 訳せば やくせば yakuseba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 訳しき やくしき yakusiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 訳しけり やくしけり yakusikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 訳しつ やくしつ yakusitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 訳しぬ やくしぬ yakusinu
Perfect-continuative tense 訳せり
訳したり		 やくせり
やくしたり		 yakuseri
yakusitari
Volitional 訳せむ やくせむ yakusemu

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
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