誰何

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
誰 何
すい
Grade: S 		か
Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

誰(すい)何(か) • (suika) 

  1. (archaic, uncommon) a challenge, questioning
    • 2021 June 26, Nishino Takashi, “‘Ikoku e iza ikan’ Laika kita kikō – Hakodate – dai rokuju-san kai [No traffic with foreigners: Leica northern travels #63]”, in Nippon.com‎, archived from the original on June 26, 2021:
      神社(じんじゃ)の祭(まつ)りでにぎやかな夜(よる)、小舟(こぶね)は、その底(そこ)に若(わか)い武士(ぶし)を伏(ふ)せて岸(きし)をはなれた。途中(とちゅう)、役人(やくにん)がきびしく「誰(だれ)だ！」と誰何(すいか)（すいか）。
      Jinja no matsuri de nigiyaka na yoru, kobune wa, sono soko ni wakai bushi o fusete kishi o hanareta. Tochū, yakunin ga kibishiku “dare da!” to suika (suika).
      On the night of a busy shrine festival, a young samurai came away from a small boat on a concealed part of the shore. Along the way, an official raised a harsh challenge (suika): “Who goes there!”

Verb

誰(すい)何(か)する • (suika suru) suru (stem 誰(すい)何(か)し (suika shi), past 誰(すい)何(か)した (suika shita))

  1. to challenge (an unknown person)
    「誰(だれ)か」と守衛(しゅえい)が誰何(すいか)した。
    “Dare ka” to shuei ga suika shita.
    “Who goes there?” challenged the guard.
    • 1889, Matsui Hiroyoshi, Kaigun senjutsu ron [On naval tactics], page 222:
      附近(ふきん)ヲ道行(みちゆき)スル艦艇(かんてい)モ亦前記(またぜんき)ノ手續(てつづき)ヲ以(もっ)テ誰何(すいか)セラル、モノトス
      fukin o michiyuki suru kantei mo mata zenki no tetsuzuki o motte suika seraru, mono to su
      Naval vessels patrolling the area shall also, by means of the aforesaid tactics, issue challenges

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誰何する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 誰何し すいかし suika shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 誰何し すいかし suika shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 誰何する すいかする suika suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 誰何する すいかする suika suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 誰何すれ すいかすれ suika sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 誰何せよ¹
誰何しろ² 		すいかせよ¹
すいかしろ² 		suika seyo¹
suika shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 誰何される すいかされる suika sareru
Causative 誰何させる
誰何さす 		すいかさせる
すいかさす 		suika saseru
suika sasu
Potential 誰何できる すいかできる suika dekiru
Volitional 誰何しよう すいかしよう suika shiyō
Negative 誰何しない すいかしない suika shinai
Negative continuative 誰何せず すいかせず suika sezu
Formal 誰何します すいかします suika shimasu
Perfective 誰何した すいかした suika shita
Conjunctive 誰何して すいかして suika shite
Hypothetical conditional 誰何すれば すいかすれば suika 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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