駆動

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
駆 動
く
Grade: S 		どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
驅動 (kyūjitai)

Noun

駆(く)動(どう) • (kudō) 

  1. drive (e.g. of a car)

Derived terms

Verb

駆(く)動(どう)する • (kudō suru) suru (stem 駆(く)動(どう)し (kudō shi), past 駆(く)動(どう)した (kudō shita))

  1. to drive, to activate

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

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