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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
憲法
- constitution
- 頒布憲法/颁布宪法 ― bānbù xiànfǎ ― to promulgate the constitution
- 恢復憲法秩序/恢复宪法秩序 ― huīfù xiànfǎ zhìxù ― to restore constitutional order
- 明治憲法/明治宪法 ― míngzhì xiànfǎ ― the Meiji Constitution
- 修改憲法/修改宪法 ― xiūgǎi xiànfǎ ― to change the constitution
- (literary) legal code; statute
Synonyms
- (constitution): 大法 (dàfǎ)
- (legal code):
- 法典 (fǎdiǎn)
- 法書 / 法书 (fǎshū) (literary)
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
憲法
- (literary) to announce a decree
- (literary) to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after; to imitate
Synonyms
- (to follow the example of):
- 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
- 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
- 仿行 (fǎngxíng)
- 取法 (qǔfǎ)
- 宗法 (zōngfǎ)
- 師匠 / 师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
- 師法 / 师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
- 憲章 / 宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
- 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
- 效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
- 效法 (xiàofǎ)
- 模仿 (mófǎng)
- 模效 (móxiào)
- 步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
- 法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
- 視 / 视 (shì) (archaic)
- 範圍 / 范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
- 觀象 / 观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
- 遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)
Japanese
Etymology
- “constitution”
- Adopted by Mitsukuri Rinsho as a translation of French constitution.[1]
Pronunciation
(until the early modern period[5])
Adjective
憲法 • (kenpō) ←けんぱふ (kenpafu)?-na (adnominal 憲法な (kenpō na), adverbial 憲法に (kenpō ni))
- fair
- Synonyms: 公正な (kōsei na), 公平な (kōhei na)
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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憲法だろ
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けんぽうだろ
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kenpō daro
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Continuative (連用形)
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憲法で
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けんぽうで
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kenpō de
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Terminal (終止形)
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憲法だ
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けんぽうだ
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kenpō da
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Attributive (連体形)
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憲法な
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けんぽうな
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kenpō na
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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憲法なら
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けんぽうなら
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kenpō nara
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Imperative (命令形)
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憲法であれ
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けんぽうであれ
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kenpō de are
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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憲法ではない 憲法じゃない
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けんぽうではない けんぽうじゃない
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kenpō de wa nai kenpō ja nai
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Informal past
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憲法だった
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けんぽうだった
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kenpō datta
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Informal negative past
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憲法ではなかった 憲法じゃなかった
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けんぽうではなかった けんぽうじゃなかった
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kenpō de wa nakatta kenpō ja nakatta
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Formal
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憲法です
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けんぽうです
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kenpō desu
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Formal negative
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憲法ではありません 憲法じゃありません
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けんぽうではありません けんぽうじゃありません
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kenpō de wa arimasen kenpō ja arimasen
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Formal past
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憲法でした
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けんぽうでした
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kenpō deshita
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Formal negative past
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憲法ではありませんでした 憲法じゃありませんでした
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けんぽうではありませんでした けんぽうじゃありませんでした
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kenpō de wa arimasen deshita kenpō ja arimasen deshita
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Conjunctive
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憲法で
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けんぽうで
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kenpō de
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Conditional
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憲法なら(ば)
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けんぽうなら(ば)
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kenpō nara (ba)
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Provisional
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憲法だったら
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けんぽうだったら
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kenpō dattara
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Volitional
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憲法だろう
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けんぽうだろう
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kenpō darō
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Adverbial
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憲法に
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けんぽうに
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kenpō ni
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Degree
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憲法さ
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けんぽうさ
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kenpōsa
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Noun
憲法 or 憲法 • (kenpō or kenbō) ←けんぱふ (kenpafu) or けんばふ (kenbafu)?
- constitution
- Synonyms: 国憲 (kokken), 朝憲 (chōken)
- ヴァイマル憲法 ― Vaimaru Kenpō ― Weimar Constitution
- (historical) rule; law
- Synonyms: 掟 (okite), きまり (kimari)
- 十七条憲法 ― Jūshichi-jō Kenpō ― Seventeen-Article Constitution
- fairness
Derived terms
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- ^ “憲法”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ “憲法”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Korean
Noun
憲法 • (heonbeop) (hangeul 헌법)
- hanja form? of 헌법 (“constitution”)
Vietnamese
Noun
憲法
- chữ Hán form of hiến pháp (“constitution”).