勝つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勝
か
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「勝つ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		勝つ かつ
Imperative (命令形) 勝て かて
Key constructions
Passive 勝たれる かたれる
Causative 勝たせる かたせる
Potential 勝てる かてる
Volitional 勝とう かとー
Negative 勝たない かたない
Negative perfective 勝たなかった かたなかった
Formal 勝ちます かちます
Perfective 勝った かった
Conjunctive 勝って かって
Hypothetical conditional 勝てば かてば

Verb

勝(か)つ • (katsu) intransitive godan (stem 勝(か)ち (kachi), past 勝(か)った (katta))

  2. to win
    Antonym: 負ける (makeru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "勝つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 勝た かた kata
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 勝ち かち kachi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 勝つ かつ katsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 勝つ かつ katsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 勝て かて kate
Meireikei ("imperative") 勝て かて kate
Key constructions
Passive 勝たれる かたれる katareru
Causative 勝たせる
勝たす 		かたせる
かたす 		kataseru
katasu
Potential 勝てる かてる kateru
Volitional 勝とう かとう katō
Negative 勝たない かたない katanai
Negative continuative 勝たず かたず katazu
Formal 勝ちます かちます kachimasu
Perfective 勝った かった katta
Conjunctive 勝って かって katte
Hypothetical conditional 勝てば かてば kateba
Classical conjugation of "勝つ" (タ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 勝た かた kata
Continuative (連用形) 勝ち かち kati
Terminal (終止形) 勝つ かつ katu
Attributive (連体形) 勝つ かつ katu
Realis (已然形) 勝て かて kate
Imperative (命令形) 勝て かて kate
Key constructions
Negative 勝たず かたず katazu
Contrasting conjunction 勝てど かてど katedo
Causal conjunction 勝てば かてば kateba
Conditional conjunction 勝たば かたば kataba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 勝ちき かちき katiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 勝ちけり かちけり katikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 勝ちつ かちつ katitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 勝ちぬ かちぬ katinu
Perfect-continuative tense 勝てり
勝ちたり		 かてり
かちたり		 kateri
katitari
Volitional 勝たむ かたむ katamu

Suffix

勝(か)つ • (-katsu) godan (stem 勝(か)ち (-kachi), past 勝(か)った (-katta))

  1. to win when doing something
    Antonym: 負ける (makeru)

References

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