奏でる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
奏
かな
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
楽でる (rare)

Etymology

From Old Japanese 奏づ (kanadu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.


Pronunciation

Verb

奏(かな)でる • (kanaderu) transitive ichidan (stem 奏(かな)で (kanade), past 奏(かな)でた (kanadeta))

  1. to play (a musical instrument or piece of music)
    バイオリンを奏(かな)でる
    baiorin o kanaderu
    to play the violin
    君(きみ)が代(よ)を奏(かな)でる
    Kimi ga Yo o kanaderu
    to play "Kimi ga Yo"

Conjugation

Conjugation of "奏でる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 奏で かなで kanade
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 奏で かなで kanade
Shūshikei ("terminal") 奏でる かなでる kanaderu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 奏でる かなでる kanaderu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 奏でれ かなでれ kanadere
Meireikei ("imperative") 奏でよ¹
奏でろ² 		かなでよ¹
かなでろ² 		kanadeyo¹
kanadero²
Key constructions
Passive 奏でられる かなでられる kanaderareru
Causative 奏でさせる
奏でさす 		かなでさせる
かなでさす 		kanadesaseru
kanadesasu
Potential 奏でられる
奏でれる³ 		かなでられる
かなでれる³ 		kanaderareru
kanadereru³
Volitional 奏でよう かなでよう kanadeyō
Negative 奏でない
奏でぬ
奏でん 		かなでない
かなでぬ
かなでん 		kanadenai
kanadenu
kanaden
Negative continuative 奏でず かなでず kanadezu
Formal 奏でます かなでます kanademasu
Perfective 奏でた かなでた kanadeta
Conjunctive 奏でて かなでて kanadete
Hypothetical conditional 奏でれば かなでれば kanadereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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References

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