遺言

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See also: 遗言

Chinese

to lose; to leave behind
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (遺言) 遺 言
simp. (遗言) 遗 言

Pronunciation

Noun

遺言

  1. last words; deathbed wishes; testament

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遺言):

Japanese

 遺言 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
遺 言
ゆい
Grade: 6 		ごん
Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

遺(ゆい)言(ごん) • (yuigon) ←ゆいごん (yuigon)?

  1. will (legal document)
Derived terms

Verb

遺(ゆい)言(ごん)する • (yuigon suru) ←ゆいごん (yuigon)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 遺(ゆい)言(ごん)し (yuigon shi), past 遺(ゆい)言(ごん)した (yuigon shita))

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

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
遺 言
い
Grade: 6 		ごん
Grade: 2
kan’on goon

Pronunciation

Noun

遺(い)言(ごん) • (igon) ←ゐごん (wigon)?

  1. (usually law) will
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
遺 言
い
Grade: 6 		げん
Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

遺(い)言(げん) • (igen) ←ゐげん (wigen)?

  1. (uncommon) will
  2. words left by people in the past

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
遺言

Noun

遺言 • (yueon) (hangeul 유언)

  1. Hanja form? of 유언.
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