読書

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See also: 讀書 and 读书

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読 書
どく
Grade: 2 		しょ
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
讀書 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

読(どく)書(しょ) • (dokusho) 

  1. the act of reading

Derived terms

Verb

読(どく)書(しょ)する • (dokusho suru) suru (stem 読(どく)書(しょ)し (dokusho shi), past 読(どく)書(しょ)した (dokusho shita))

  1. 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

  1. ^ 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.
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