鼓動

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Chinese

convex; drum; to rouse
convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
 
to move; to change; to use
to move; to change; to use; to act
 
trad. (鼓動) 鼓 動
simp. (鼓动) 鼓 动

Pronunciation

Verb

鼓動

  1. to inspire; to urge
  2. to instigate; to incite
  3. to fan; to flap

Synonyms

  • (to inspire):
  • (to instigate):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼓 動
こ
Grade: S 		どう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

鼓(こ)動(どう) • (kodō) 

  1. beating, pounding

Verb

鼓(こ)動(どう)する • (kodō suru) suru (stem 鼓(こ)動(どう)し (kodō shi), past 鼓(こ)動(どう)した (kodō shita))

  1. beat, pound
    • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)
      心(しん)臓(ぞう)はたしかに平(へい)時(じ)よりも烈(はげ)しく鼓(こ)動(どう)しておった。
      Shinzō wa tashika ni heiji yori mo hageshiku kodō shite otta.
      My heart was beating much harder than normal.

Conjugation

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
鼓動

Noun

鼓動 • (godong) (hangeul 고동)

  1. Hanja form? of 고동 (“pounding of the heart”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
鼓動

Verb

鼓動

  1. chữ Hán form of cổ động (“to cheer in competition”).
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