読み下す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
読 下
よ
Grade: 2 		くだ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
讀み下す (kyūjitai)
Examples

(to read Classical Chinese text as Japanese): reading 楚人有鬻盾與矛者 as 楚(そ)人(ひと)に盾(たて)と矛(ほこ)とを鬻(ひさ)ぐ者(もの)有(あ)り (so hito ni tate to hoko to o hisagu mono ari)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

読(よ)み下(くだ)す • (yomikudasu) transitive godan (stem 読(よ)み下(くだ)し (yomikudashi), past 読(よ)み下(くだ)した (yomikudashita))

  1. to read from start to finish
  2. to read a Classical Chinese text as Japanese (using the kanbun kundoku technique)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "読み下す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 読み下さ よみくださ yomikudasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 読み下し よみくだし yomikudashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 読み下す よみくだす yomikudasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 読み下す よみくだす yomikudasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 読み下せ よみくだせ yomikudase
Meireikei ("imperative") 読み下せ よみくだせ yomikudase
Key constructions
Passive 読み下される よみくだされる yomikudasareru
Causative 読み下させる
読み下さす 		よみくださせる
よみくださす 		yomikudasaseru
yomikudasasu
Potential 読み下せる よみくだせる yomikudaseru
Volitional 読み下そう よみくだそう yomikudasō
Negative 読み下さない よみくださない yomikudasanai
Negative continuative 読み下さず よみくださず yomikudasazu
Formal 読み下します よみくだします yomikudashimasu
Perfective 読み下した よみくだした yomikudashita
Conjunctive 読み下して よみくだして yomikudashite
Hypothetical conditional 読み下せば よみくだせば yomikudaseba

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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