軽んじる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
軽
かろ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
輕んじる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Shift from zuru verb 軽んずる (karonzuru), 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.

Pronunciation

Verb

軽(かろ)んじる • (karonjiru) transitive ichidan (stem 軽(かろ)んじ (karonji), past 軽(かろ)んじた (karonjita))

  1. to despise, to scorn, to slight, to look down on
    命(いのち)を軽(かろ)んじる
    inochi o karonjiru
    to disregard life

Conjugation

Conjugation of "軽んじる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 軽んじ かろんじ karonji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 軽んじ かろんじ karonji
Shūshikei ("terminal") 軽んじる かろんじる karonjiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 軽んじる かろんじる karonjiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 軽んじれ かろんじれ karonjire
Meireikei ("imperative") 軽んじよ¹
軽んじろ² 		かろんじよ¹
かろんじろ² 		karonjiyo¹
karonjiro²
Key constructions
Passive 軽んじられる かろんじられる karonjirareru
Causative 軽んじさせる
軽んじさす 		かろんじさせる
かろんじさす 		karonjisaseru
karonjisasu
Potential 軽んじられる
軽んじれる³ 		かろんじられる
かろんじれる³ 		karonjirareru
karonjireru³
Volitional 軽んじよう かろんじよう karonjiyō
Negative 軽んじない
軽んじぬ
軽んじん 		かろんじない
かろんじぬ
かろんじん 		karonjinai
karonjinu
karonjin
Negative continuative 軽んじず かろんじず karonjizu
Formal 軽んじます かろんじます karonjimasu
Perfective 軽んじた かろんじた karonjita
Conjunctive 軽んじて かろんじて karonjite
Hypothetical conditional 軽んじれば かろんじれば karonjireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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