返信

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
返 信
へん
Grade: 3 		しん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

返(へん)信(しん) • (henshin) 

  1. reply, response
    Synonym: 返事 (henji)

Verb

返(へん)信(しん)する • (henshin suru) suru (stem 返(へん)信(しん)し (henshin shi), past 返(へん)信(しん)した (henshin shita))

  1. to reply, to respond
    Synonyms: 返事する (henji suru), 応じる (ōjiru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "返信する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 返信し へんしんし henshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 返信し へんしんし henshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 返信する へんしんする henshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 返信する へんしんする henshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 返信すれ へんしんすれ henshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 返信せよ¹
返信しろ² 		へんしんせよ¹
へんしんしろ² 		henshin seyo¹
henshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 返信される へんしんされる henshin sareru
Causative 返信させる
返信さす 		へんしんさせる
へんしんさす 		henshin saseru
henshin sasu
Potential 返信できる へんしんできる henshin dekiru
Volitional 返信しよう へんしんしよう henshin shiyō
Negative 返信しない へんしんしない henshin shinai
Negative continuative 返信せず へんしんせず henshin sezu
Formal 返信します へんしんします henshin shimasu
Perfective 返信した へんしんした henshin shita
Conjunctive 返信して へんしんして henshin shite
Hypothetical conditional 返信すれば へんしんすれば henshin 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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