| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 講 |
| こう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi |
Shift from verb 講ずる (kōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, “s-irregular conjugation”) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.
講じる • (kōjiru) transitive ichidan (stem 講じ (kōji), past 講じた (kōjita))
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 講じ | こうじ | kōji | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 講じ | こうじ | kōji | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 講じる | こうじる | kōjiru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 講じる | こうじる | kōjiru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 講じれ | こうじれ | kōjire | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 講じよ¹ 講じろ² |
こうじよ¹ こうじろ² |
kōjiyo¹ kōjiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 講じられる | こうじられる | kōjirareru | |
| Causative | 講じさせる 講じさす |
こうじさせる こうじさす |
kōjisaseru kōjisasu | |
| Potential | 講じられる 講じれる³ |
こうじられる こうじれる³ |
kōjirareru kōjireru³ | |
| Volitional | 講じよう | こうじよう | kōjiyō | |
| Negative | 講じない 講じぬ 講じん |
こうじない こうじぬ こうじん |
kōjinai kōjinu kōjin | |
| Negative continuative | 講じず | こうじず | kōjizu | |
| Formal | 講じます | こうじます | kōjimasu | |
| Perfective | 講じた | こうじた | kōjita | |
| Conjunctive | 講じて | こうじて | kōjite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 講じれば | こうじれば | kōjireba | |
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