遠回り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠 回
とお
Grade: 2 		まわ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

遠(とお)回(まわ)り • (tōmawari) ←とほまはり (tofomafari)?

  1. detour
  2. roundabout way

Verb

遠(とお)回(まわ)りする • (tōmawari suru) ←とほまはり (tofomafari)?suru (stem 遠(とお)回(まわ)りし (tōmawari shi), past 遠(とお)回(まわ)りした (tōmawari shita))

  1. to make a detour
  2. to go around

Conjugation

Conjugation of "遠回りする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 遠回りし とおまわりし tōmawari shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 遠回りし とおまわりし tōmawari shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 遠回りする とおまわりする tōmawari suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 遠回りする とおまわりする tōmawari suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 遠回りすれ とおまわりすれ tōmawari sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 遠回りせよ¹
遠回りしろ² 		とおまわりせよ¹
とおまわりしろ² 		tōmawari seyo¹
tōmawari shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 遠回りされる とおまわりされる tōmawari sareru
Causative 遠回りさせる
遠回りさす 		とおまわりさせる
とおまわりさす 		tōmawari saseru
tōmawari sasu
Potential 遠回りできる とおまわりできる tōmawari dekiru
Volitional 遠回りしよう とおまわりしよう tōmawari shiyō
Negative 遠回りしない とおまわりしない tōmawari shinai
Negative continuative 遠回りせず とおまわりせず tōmawari sezu
Formal 遠回りします とおまわりします tōmawari shimasu
Perfective 遠回りした とおまわりした tōmawari shita
Conjunctive 遠回りして とおまわりして tōmawari shite
Hypothetical conditional 遠回りすれば とおまわりすれば tōmawari sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ “遠回りPaid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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