よりみち

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
寄り道

Etymology

From 寄(よ)り (yori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 寄(よ)る (yoru).”) + 道(みち) (michi).

Pronunciation

Noun

よりみち • (yorimichi) ←よりみち (yorimiti)?

  1. detour to go somewhere else on the way
    コンビニの寄(よ)り道(みち)
    konbini no yorimichi
    stopping by at the convenience store on the way

See also

Verb

よりみちする • (yorimichi suru) ←よりみち (yorimiti)?suru (stem よりみちし (yorimichi shi), past よりみちした (yorimichi shita))

  1. to make a detour to go somewhere else on the way

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よりみちする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") よりみちし yorimichi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") よりみちし yorimichi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") よりみちする yorimichi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") よりみちする yorimichi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") よりみちすれ yorimichi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") よりみちせよ¹
よりみちしろ² 		yorimichi seyo¹
yorimichi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive よりみちされる yorimichi sareru
Causative よりみちさせる
よりみちさす 		yorimichi saseru
yorimichi sasu
Potential よりみちできる yorimichi dekiru
Volitional よりみちしよう yorimichi shiyō
Negative よりみちしない yorimichi shinai
Negative continuative よりみちせず yorimichi sezu
Formal よりみちします yorimichi shimasu
Perfective よりみちした yorimichi shita
Conjunctive よりみちして yorimichi shite
Hypothetical conditional よりみちすれば yorimichi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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