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Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English drive.[1][2]
First cited to a text from 1910.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ドライブ • (doraibu)
- driving (a car etc.), (especially) for personal entertainment; going out for a drive
- Hypernym: 運転 (unten, “driving”)
- (sports) a drive: a hit causing the ball to move in a flat trajectory, as in tennis or baseball
- (computing) a drive (storage medium)
- 起動ドライブ
- kidō doraibu
- startup drive
Verb
ドライブする • (doraibu suru) suru (stem ドライブし (doraibu shi), past ドライブした (doraibu shita))
- to go for a drive
- (sports) to drive: to hit the ball in a flat trajectory, as in tennis or baseball
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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ドライブし
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doraibu shi
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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ドライブし
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doraibu shi
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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ドライブする
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doraibu suru
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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ドライブする
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doraibu suru
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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ドライブすれ
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doraibu sure
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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ドライブせよ¹
ドライブしろ²
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doraibu seyo¹
doraibu shiro²
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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ドライブされる
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doraibu sareru
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| Causative
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ドライブさせる
ドライブさす
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doraibu saseru
doraibu sasu
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| Potential
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ドライブできる
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doraibu dekiru
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| Volitional
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ドライブしよう
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doraibu shiyō
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| Negative
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ドライブしない
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doraibu shinai
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| Negative continuative
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ドライブせず
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doraibu sezu
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| Formal
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ドライブします
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doraibu shimasu
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| Perfective
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ドライブした
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doraibu shita
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| Conjunctive
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ドライブして
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doraibu shite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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ドライブすれば
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doraibu sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References