遺伝

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See also: 遺傳 and 遗传

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遺 伝
い
Grade: 6 		でん
Grade: 4
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
遺傳 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

遺(い)伝(でん) • (iden) 

  1. genetic; genetics
    • 1987 July 20 [1984 September 15], Motoka Murakami, “母(か)っちゃのはげましの巻(まき) [Ma’s Words of Encouragement]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], 13th edition, volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 69:
      生(なま)意(い)気(き)にこういうのみる年(とし)になったのね。遺(い)伝(でん)かなあ。栄(えい)一(いち)郎(ろう)さんもこういう本(ほん)が大(だい)好(す)きだったから。
      Namaiki ni kō iu no miru toshi ni natta no ne. Iden ka nā. Eīchirō-san mo kō iu hon ga daisuki datta kara.
      I guess you’re now at the age of wanting to look at titillating stuff. Like father, like son. Eiichirō-san liked this kind of book, too.

Derived terms

Verb

遺(い)伝(でん)する • (iden suru) suru (stem 遺(い)伝(でん)し (iden shi), past 遺(い)伝(でん)した (iden shita))

  1. (intransitive) to be genetically inherited
  2. (intransitive) to be passed down
  3. (transitive) to pass down

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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