読書
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 読 | 書 |
| どく Grade: 2 |
しょ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 讀書 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
Derived terms
Verb
読書する • (dokusho suru) suru (stem 読書し (dokusho shi), past 読書した (dokusho shita))
- to read
Conjugation
Conjugation of "読書する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 読書し | どくしょし | dokusho shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 読書し | どくしょし | dokusho shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 読書する | どくしょする | dokusho suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 読書する | どくしょする | dokusho suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 読書すれ | どくしょすれ | dokusho sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 読書せよ¹ 読書しろ² |
どくしょせよ¹ どくしょしろ² |
dokusho seyo¹ dokusho shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 読書される | どくしょされる | dokusho sareru | |
| Causative | 読書させる 読書さす |
どくしょさせる どくしょさす |
dokusho saseru dokusho sasu | |
| Potential | 読書できる | どくしょできる | dokusho dekiru | |
| Volitional | 読書しよう | どくしょしよう | dokusho shiyō | |
| Negative | 読書しない | どくしょしない | dokusho shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 読書せず | どくしょせず | dokusho sezu | |
| Formal | 読書します | どくしょします | dokusho shimasu | |
| Perfective | 読書した | どくしょした | dokusho shita | |
| Conjunctive | 読書して | どくしょして | dokusho shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 読書すれば | どくしょすれば | dokusho sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
See also
References
- ^ 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
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.