起草

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Chinese

to rise; to raise; to get up
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
trad. (起草) 起 草
simp. #(起草) 起 草

Pronunciation

Verb

起草

  1. to draft; to draw up

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起 草
き
Grade: 3 		そう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

起(き)草(そう) • (kisō) 

  1. drawing up (a plan); drafting (a bill, report, contract)
    • 2025, Chunichi Shimbun, issue 29678, page 17:
      日本(にほん)では名古屋大(なごやだい)が中心(ちゅうしん)になり、法曹関係者(ほうそうかんけいしゃ)や学者(がくしゃ)らがアジアの国々(くにぐに)で民法(みんぽう)や民事訴訟法(みんじそしょうほう)などの起草(きそう)を手助(てだす)け。
      Nihon de wa Nagoyadai ga chūshin ni nari, hōsō kankeisha ya gakusha-ra ga ajia no kuniguni de minpō ya minji soshōhō nado no kisō o tedasuke.
      In Japan, Nagoya University has taken the lead in helping legal professionals and scholars draft civil laws and civil procedure codes in Asian countries.

Verb

起(き)草(そう)する • (kisō suru) transitive suru (stem 起(き)草(そう)し (kisō shi), past 起(き)草(そう)した (kisō shita))

  1. draw up (a plan); draft (a bill, report, contract)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "起草する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 起草し きそうし kisō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 起草し きそうし kisō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 起草する きそうする kisō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 起草する きそうする kisō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 起草すれ きそうすれ kisō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 起草せよ¹
起草しろ² 		きそうせよ¹
きそうしろ² 		kisō seyo¹
kisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 起草される きそうされる kisō sareru
Causative 起草させる
起草さす 		きそうさせる
きそうさす 		kisō saseru
kisō sasu
Potential 起草できる きそうできる kisō dekiru
Volitional 起草しよう きそうしよう kisō shiyō
Negative 起草しない きそうしない kisō shinai
Negative continuative 起草せず きそうせず kisō sezu
Formal 起草します きそうします kisō shimasu
Perfective 起草した きそうした kisō shita
Conjunctive 起草して きそうして kisō shite
Hypothetical conditional 起草すれば きそうすれば kisō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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