開港

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
開 港
かい
Grade: 3 		こう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

開(かい)港(こう) • (kaikō) 

  1. opening an airport or port
  2. opening a port to international trade
    • 1931, 服部之総, 尊攘戦略史:
      ところで、開港(かいこう)数年(すうねん)の貿易(ぼうえき)は藩士(はんし)生活難(せいかつなん)を激化(げきか)したばかりでなく、経済(けいざい)の国民的(こくみんてき)統一(とういつ)の必然性(ひつぜんせい)をも激化(げきか)した。
      Tokoro de, kaikō sūnen no bōeki wa hanshi seikatsunan o gekika shita bakari de naku, keizai no kokuminteki tōitsu no hitsuzensei o mo gekika shita.
      Incidentally, it wasn't just that life became more difficult for the feudal retainers in the years after the ports were opened for foreign trade, but the need to consolidate the domestic economy became more urgent.

Verb

開(かい)港(こう)する • (kaikō suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 開(かい)港(こう)し (kaikō shi), past 開(かい)港(こう)した (kaikō shita))

  1. open an airport or port
  2. open a port to international trade

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開港する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 開港し かいこうし kaikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 開港し かいこうし kaikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 開港する かいこうする kaikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 開港する かいこうする kaikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 開港すれ かいこうすれ kaikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 開港せよ¹
開港しろ² 		かいこうせよ¹
かいこうしろ² 		kaikō seyo¹
kaikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 開港される かいこうされる kaikō sareru
Causative 開港させる
開港さす 		かいこうさせる
かいこうさす 		kaikō saseru
kaikō sasu
Potential 開港できる かいこうできる kaikō dekiru
Volitional 開港しよう かいこうしよう kaikō shiyō
Negative 開港しない かいこうしない kaikō shinai
Negative continuative 開港せず かいこうせず kaikō sezu
Formal 開港します かいこうします kaikō shimasu
Perfective 開港した かいこうした kaikō shita
Conjunctive 開港して かいこうして kaikō shite
Hypothetical conditional 開港すれば かいこうすれば kaikō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  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
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