おっしゃる

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
仰る
仰有る

Etymology

Alteration of おおせある (ōse aru).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「おっしゃる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
おっしゃる っしゃ
Imperative (命令形) おっしゃい っしゃ
Key constructions
Passive おっしゃられる っしゃられ
Causative おっしゃらせる っしゃらせ
Potential おっしゃれる っしゃれ
Volitional おっしゃろう っしゃろ
Negative おっしゃらない っしゃらない
Negative perfective おっしゃらなかった っしゃらなかった
Formal おっしゃいます っしゃいま
Perfective おっしゃった っしゃった
Conjunctive おっしゃって っしゃって
Hypothetical conditional おっしゃれば っしゃれば

Verb

おっしゃる (ossharutransitive godan (stem おっしゃり (osshari) or おっしゃい (osshai), past おっしゃった (osshatta))

  1. (honorific) to say (honorific for 言う)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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