屈折

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Chinese

bent; feel wronged
tenth (in price); to break; to fold
tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
 
simp. and trad.
(屈折) 		屈 折

Pronunciation

Verb

屈折

  1. to bend; to turn; to make a turn; to warp
  2. (linguistics) to inflect
  3. (physics) to refract

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (屈折):
  • → Japanese: 屈折(くっせつ) (kussetsu)
  • → Korean: 굴절(屈折) (guljeol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
屈 折
くつ > くっ
Grade: S 		せつ
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

屈(くっ)折(せつ) • (kussetsu) 

  1. refraction
  2. inflection

Verb

屈(くっ)折(せつ)する • (kussetsu suru) suru (stem 屈(くっ)折(せつ)し (kussetsu shi), past 屈(くっ)折(せつ)した (kussetsu shita))

  1. to refract
  2. to inflect (a word)
  3. to be warped

Conjugation

Conjugation of "屈折する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 屈折し くっせつし kussetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 屈折し くっせつし kussetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 屈折する くっせつする kussetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 屈折する くっせつする kussetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 屈折すれ くっせつすれ kussetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 屈折せよ¹
屈折しろ² 		くっせつせよ¹
くっせつしろ² 		kussetsu seyo¹
kussetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 屈折される くっせつされる kussetsu sareru
Causative 屈折させる
屈折さす 		くっせつさせる
くっせつさす 		kussetsu saseru
kussetsu sasu
Potential 屈折できる くっせつできる kussetsu dekiru
Volitional 屈折しよう くっせつしよう kussetsu shiyō
Negative 屈折しない くっせつしない kussetsu shinai
Negative continuative 屈折せず くっせつせず kussetsu sezu
Formal 屈折します くっせつします kussetsu shimasu
Perfective 屈折した くっせつした kussetsu shita
Conjunctive 屈折して くっせつして kussetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 屈折すれば くっせつすれば kussetsu 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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