| jingling of metals; to strike | tinkling of small bells | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鏗鏘) | 鏗 | 鏘 | |
| simp. (铿锵) | 铿 | 锵 | |
鏗鏘
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鏗 | 鏘 |
| こう Hyōgaiji |
そう Hyōgaiji |
| kan’on | goon |
鏗鏘 • (kōsō) ←かうさう (kausau)?†-tari (adnominal 鏗鏘とした (kōsō to shita) or 鏗鏘たる (kōsō taru), adverbial 鏗鏘と (kōsō to) or 鏗鏘として (kōsō to shite))
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 鏗鏘たら | こうそうたら | kousoutara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 鏗鏘と 鏗鏘たり |
こうそうと こうそうたり |
kousouto kousoutari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 鏗鏘たり | こうそうたり | kousoutari | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 鏗鏘たる | こうそうたる | kousoutaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | 鏗鏘たれ | こうそうたれ | kousoutare | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 鏗鏘たれ | こうそうたれ | kousoutare | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Negative | 鏗鏘たらず | こうそうたらず | kousoutarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | 鏗鏘たれど | こうそうたれど | kousoutaredo | |
| Causal conjunction | 鏗鏘たれば | こうそうたれば | kousoutareba | |
| Conditional conjunction | 鏗鏘たらば | こうそうたらば | kousoutaraba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 鏗鏘たりき | こうそうたりき | kousoutariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 鏗鏘たりけり | こうそうたりけり | kousoutarikeri | |
| Adverbial | 鏗鏘と | こうそうと | kousouto | |
| Without auxiliary verb. With auxiliary verb. | ||||