開花

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See also: 开花

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (開花) 開 花
simp. (开花) 开 花

Pronunciation

Verb

開⫽花 (verb-object)

  1. to blossom; to bloom; to flower
    草莓不開花，也不結果。 [MSC, trad.]
    草莓不开花，也不结果。 [MSC, simp.]
    Cǎoméi bù kāihuā, yě bù jiēguǒ.
    The strawberry tree won't bloom or bear fruit.
  2. (figurative) to burst; to split open; to break open
    屁股開花／屁股开花  ―  pìgǔ kāihuā  ―  (figurative) aching tremendously in buttocks (as if they are cracking)
  3. (figurative) to burst with joy
  4. (figurative) to spread over; to spring up

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Sino-Xenic (開花):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
開 花
かい
Grade: 3 		か
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 開花／开花 (khoj xwæ, literally “to open + flower”). Compare modern Mandarin reading kāihuā.

Pronunciation

Noun

開(かい)花(か) • (kaika) ←かいくわ (kaikwa)?

  1. flowering, blossoming
    今年(ことし)は開花(かいか)が早(はや)い。
    Kotoshi wa kaika ga hayai.
    This year's bloom was early.
  2. (by extension) showing results, bearing fruit, being successful

Verb

開(かい)花(か)する • (kaika suru) intransitive suru (stem 開(かい)花(か)し (kaika shi), past 開(かい)花(か)した (kaika shita))

  1. to flower, to blossom, to bloom
  2. (by extension) to show results, to bear fruit, to be a success

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開花する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 開花し かいかし kaika shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 開花し かいかし kaika shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 開花する かいかする kaika suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 開花する かいかする kaika suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 開花すれ かいかすれ kaika sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 開花せよ¹
開花しろ² 		かいかせよ¹
かいかしろ² 		kaika seyo¹
kaika shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 開花される かいかされる kaika sareru
Causative 開花させる
開花さす 		かいかさせる
かいかさす 		kaika saseru
kaika sasu
Potential 開花できる かいかできる kaika dekiru
Volitional 開花しよう かいかしよう kaika shiyō
Negative 開花しない かいかしない kaika shinai
Negative continuative 開花せず かいかせず kaika sezu
Formal 開花します かいかします kaika shimasu
Perfective 開花した かいかした kaika shita
Conjunctive 開花して かいかして kaika shite
Hypothetical conditional 開花すれば かいかすれば kaika sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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