プレゼント

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English present.[1][2][3]

First attested in 1900s.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

プレゼント • (purezento) 

  1. present, gift
    親(おや)にプレゼントをあげる
    oya ni purezento o ageru
    to give presents to parents
    プレゼント交(こう)換(かん)
    purezento kōkan
    gift exchange

Synonyms

Verb

プレゼントする • (purezento suru) suru (stem プレゼントし (purezento shi), past プレゼントした (purezento shita))

  1. give a present

Conjugation

Conjugation of "プレゼントする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") プレゼントし purezento shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") プレゼントし purezento shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") プレゼントする purezento suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") プレゼントする purezento suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") プレゼントすれ purezento sure
Meireikei ("imperative") プレゼントせよ¹
プレゼントしろ² 		purezento seyo¹
purezento shiro²
Key constructions
Passive プレゼントされる purezento sareru
Causative プレゼントさせる
プレゼントさす 		purezento saseru
purezento sasu
Potential プレゼントできる purezento dekiru
Volitional プレゼントしよう purezento shiyō
Negative プレゼントしない purezento shinai
Negative continuative プレゼントせず purezento sezu
Formal プレゼントします purezento shimasu
Perfective プレゼントした purezento shita
Conjunctive プレゼントして purezento shite
Hypothetical conditional プレゼントすれば purezento sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “プレゼント”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “プレゼント”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. ^ 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
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