こじつける

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Verb

こじつける • (kojitsukeru) ←こじつける (kozitukeru)?ichidan (stem こじつけ (kojitsuke), past こじつけた (kojitsuketa))

  1. to force (during reasoning)
    何(なん)らかの理(り)由(ゆう)をこじつけて断(ことわ)る
    nanraka no riyū o kojitsukete kotowaru
    to make up some strained reasoning and decline

Conjugation

Conjugation of "こじつける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") こじつけ kojitsuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") こじつけ kojitsuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") こじつける kojitsukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") こじつける kojitsukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") こじつけれ kojitsukere
Meireikei ("imperative") こじつけよ¹
こじつけろ² 		kojitsukeyo¹
kojitsukero²
Key constructions
Passive こじつけられる kojitsukerareru
Causative こじつけさせる
こじつけさす 		kojitsukesaseru
kojitsukesasu
Potential こじつけられる
こじつけれる³ 		kojitsukerareru
kojitsukereru³
Volitional こじつけよう kojitsukeyō
Negative こじつけない
こじつけぬ
こじつけん 		kojitsukenai
kojitsukenu
kojitsuken
Negative continuative こじつけず kojitsukezu
Formal こじつけます kojitsukemasu
Perfective こじつけた kojitsuketa
Conjunctive こじつけて kojitsukete
Hypothetical conditional こじつければ kojitsukereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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