増水

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
増 水
ぞう
Grade: 5 		すい
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
增水 (kyūjitai)

Noun

増(ぞう)水(すい) • (zōsui) 

  1. rising water of a river, lake, or other body of water

Antonyms

Verb

増(ぞう)水(すい)する • (zōsui suru) intransitive suru (stem 増(ぞう)水(すい)し (zōsui shi), past 増(ぞう)水(すい)した (zōsui shita))

  1. for the water of a body of water to rise or swell
    増水(ぞうすい)した川(かわ)
    zōsui shita kawa
    swollen river

Conjugation

Conjugation of "増水する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 増水し ぞうすいし zōsui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 増水し ぞうすいし zōsui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 増水する ぞうすいする zōsui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 増水する ぞうすいする zōsui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 増水すれ ぞうすいすれ zōsui sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 増水せよ¹
増水しろ² 		ぞうすいせよ¹
ぞうすいしろ² 		zōsui seyo¹
zōsui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 増水される ぞうすいされる zōsui sareru
Causative 増水させる
増水さす 		ぞうすいさせる
ぞうすいさす 		zōsui saseru
zōsui sasu
Potential 増水できる ぞうすいできる zōsui dekiru
Volitional 増水しよう ぞうすいしよう zōsui shiyō
Negative 増水しない ぞうすいしない zōsui shinai
Negative continuative 増水せず ぞうすいせず zōsui sezu
Formal 増水します ぞうすいします zōsui shimasu
Perfective 増水した ぞうすいした zōsui shita
Conjunctive 増水して ぞうすいして zōsui shite
Hypothetical conditional 増水すれば ぞうすいすれば zōsui sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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