啓蒙

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 啓蒙 – see 啟蒙 (“to impart rudimentary knowledge to beginners; to initiate; etc.”).
(This term is a variant traditional form of 啟蒙).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
啓 蒙
けい
Grade: S 		もう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 啟蒙

Pronunciation

Noun

啓(けい)蒙(もう) • (keimō) 

  1. sharing knowledge, enlightenment

Verb

啓(けい)蒙(もう)する • (keimō suru) suru (stem 啓(けい)蒙(もう)し (keimō shi), past 啓(けい)蒙(もう)した (keimō shita))

  1. to educate, to enlighten

Conjugation

Conjugation of "啓蒙する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 啓蒙し けいもうし keimō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 啓蒙し けいもうし keimō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 啓蒙する けいもうする keimō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 啓蒙する けいもうする keimō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 啓蒙すれ けいもうすれ keimō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 啓蒙せよ¹
啓蒙しろ² 		けいもうせよ¹
けいもうしろ² 		keimō seyo¹
keimō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 啓蒙される けいもうされる keimō sareru
Causative 啓蒙させる
啓蒙さす 		けいもうさせる
けいもうさす 		keimō saseru
keimō sasu
Potential 啓蒙できる けいもうできる keimō dekiru
Volitional 啓蒙しよう けいもうしよう keimō shiyō
Negative 啓蒙しない けいもうしない keimō shinai
Negative continuative 啓蒙せず けいもうせず keimō sezu
Formal 啓蒙します けいもうします keimō shimasu
Perfective 啓蒙した けいもうした keimō shita
Conjunctive 啓蒙して けいもうして keimō shite
Hypothetical conditional 啓蒙すれば けいもうすれば keimō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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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