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Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English sex.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
セックス • (sekkusu)
- sex, sexual intercourse
Verb
セックスする • (sekkusu suru) suru (stem セックスし (sekkusu shi), past セックスした (sekkusu shita))
- to have sex
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:性交する
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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セックスし
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sekkusu shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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セックスし
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sekkusu shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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セックスする
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sekkusu suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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セックスする
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sekkusu suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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セックスすれ
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sekkusu sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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セックスせよ¹ セックスしろ²
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sekkusu seyo¹ sekkusu shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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セックスされる
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sekkusu sareru
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Causative
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セックスさせる セックスさす
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sekkusu saseru sekkusu sasu
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Potential
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セックスできる
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sekkusu dekiru
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Volitional
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セックスしよう
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sekkusu shiyō
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Negative
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セックスしない
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sekkusu shinai
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Negative continuative
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セックスせず
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sekkusu sezu
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Formal
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セックスします
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sekkusu shimasu
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Perfective
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セックスした
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sekkusu shita
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Conjunctive
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セックスして
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sekkusu shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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セックスすれば
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sekkusu sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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