鍍金

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See also: 镀金

Chinese

‑plated; to plate metal; gold; money
trad. (鍍金) 鍍 金
simp. (镀金) 镀 金
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Pronunciation

Verb

鍍金

  1. to gild; to gold plate
  2. (figurative) to attach a golden facade, especially to go overseas to study to polish one's qualifications (despite lacking the actual abilities)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鍍 金
めっき
Hyōgai Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, “gold-mercury amalgam used in plating”).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

鍍金(めっき) or 鍍金(メッキ) • (mekki) 

  1. plating, gilding
  2. pretense

Verb

鍍金(めっき)する or 鍍金(メッキ)する • (mekki suru) suru (stem 鍍金(めっき)し (mekki shi), past 鍍金(めっき)した (mekki shita))

  1. plate
Conjugation
Conjugation of "鍍金する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 鍍金し めっきし mekki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 鍍金し めっきし mekki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 鍍金する めっきする mekki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 鍍金する めっきする mekki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 鍍金すれ めっきすれ mekki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 鍍金せよ¹
鍍金しろ² 		めっきせよ¹
めっきしろ² 		mekki seyo¹
mekki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 鍍金される めっきされる mekki sareru
Causative 鍍金させる
鍍金さす 		めっきさせる
めっきさす 		mekki saseru
mekki sasu
Potential 鍍金できる めっきできる mekki dekiru
Volitional 鍍金しよう めっきしよう mekki shiyō
Negative 鍍金しない めっきしない mekki shinai
Negative continuative 鍍金せず めっきせず mekki sezu
Formal 鍍金します めっきします mekki shimasu
Perfective 鍍金した めっきした mekki shita
Conjunctive 鍍金して めっきして mekki shite
Hypothetical conditional 鍍金すれば めっきすれば mekki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鍍 金
と
Hyōgai 		きん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 鍍金

Pronunciation

Noun

鍍(と)金(きん) • (tokin) 

  1. plating, gilding

Verb

鍍(と)金(きん)する • (tokin suru) suru (stem 鍍(と)金(きん)し (tokin shi), past 鍍(と)金(きん)した (tokin shita))

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
鍍金

Noun

鍍金 • (dogeum) (hangeul 도금)

  1. hanja form? of 도금 (“plating, gilding”)
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