戦争
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See also: 戰爭
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 戦 | 争 |
| せん Grade: 4 |
そう Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 戰爭 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
Noun
- war (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- (card games) war
Verb
戦争する • (sensō suru) ←せんさう (sensau)?suru (stem 戦争し (sensō shi), past 戦争した (sensō shita))
- to wage war
Conjugation
Conjugation of "戦争する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 戦争し | せんそうし | sensō shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 戦争し | せんそうし | sensō shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 戦争する | せんそうする | sensō suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 戦争する | せんそうする | sensō suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 戦争すれ | せんそうすれ | sensō sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 戦争せよ¹ 戦争しろ² |
せんそうせよ¹ せんそうしろ² |
sensō seyo¹ sensō shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 戦争される | せんそうされる | sensō sareru | |
| Causative | 戦争させる 戦争さす |
せんそうさせる せんそうさす |
sensō saseru sensō sasu | |
| Potential | 戦争できる | せんそうできる | sensō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 戦争しよう | せんそうしよう | sensō shiyō | |
| Negative | 戦争しない | せんそうしない | sensō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 戦争せず | せんそうせず | sensō sezu | |
| Formal | 戦争します | せんそうします | sensō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 戦争した | せんそうした | sensō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 戦争して | せんそうして | sensō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 戦争すれば | せんそうすれば | sensō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →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
- ^ 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