報じる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
報
ほう
Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

Shift from verb 報(ほう)ずる (hōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, “s-irregular conjugation”) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「報じる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		報じる ほーじる
Imperative (命令形) 報じろ ほーじろ
Key constructions
Passive 報じられる ほーじられる
Causative 報じさせる ほーじさせる
Potential 報じられる ほーじられる
Volitional 報じよう ほーじよー
Negative 報じない ほーじない
Negative perfective 報じなかった ほーじなかった
Formal 報じます ほーじます
Perfective 報じた ほーじた
Conjunctive 報じて ほーじて
Hypothetical conditional 報じれば ほーじれば

Verb

報(ほう)じる • (hōjiru) transitive ichidan (stem 報(ほう)じ (hōji), past 報(ほう)じた (hōjita))

  1. to repay
  2. to report, to inform
    テレビは北朝鮮(きたちょうせん)の軍事行動(ぐんじこうどう)について報(ほう)じていた。
    Terebi wa kitachōsen no gunji kōdō ni tsuite hōjiteita.
    The television was reporting on the North Korean military attacks.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "報じる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 報じ ほうじ hōji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 報じ ほうじ hōji
Shūshikei ("terminal") 報じる ほうじる hōjiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 報じる ほうじる hōjiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 報じれ ほうじれ hōjire
Meireikei ("imperative") 報じよ¹
報じろ² 		ほうじよ¹
ほうじろ² 		hōjiyo¹
hōjiro²
Key constructions
Passive 報じられる ほうじられる hōjirareru
Causative 報じさせる
報じさす 		ほうじさせる
ほうじさす 		hōjisaseru
hōjisasu
Potential 報じられる
報じれる³ 		ほうじられる
ほうじれる³ 		hōjirareru
hōjireru³
Volitional 報じよう ほうじよう hōjiyō
Negative 報じない
報じぬ
報じん 		ほうじない
ほうじぬ
ほうじん 		hōjinai
hōjinu
hōjin
Negative continuative 報じず ほうじず hōjizu
Formal 報じます ほうじます hōjimasu
Perfective 報じた ほうじた hōjita
Conjunctive 報じて ほうじて hōjite
Hypothetical conditional 報じれば ほうじれば hōjireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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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