所持

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
所 持
しょ
Grade: 3 		じ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

所(しょ)持(じ) • (shoji) 

  1. possession
    銃(じゅう)の所持(しょじ)は禁止(きんし)されている。
    Jū no shoji wa kinshi sarete iru.
    The possession of guns is prohibited.
  2. carrying with oneself

Verb

所(しょ)持(じ)する • (shoji suru) suru (stem 所(しょ)持(じ)し (shoji shi), past 所(しょ)持(じ)した (shoji shita))

  1. have, possess
  2. carry with oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of "所持する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 所持し しょじし shoji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 所持し しょじし shoji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 所持する しょじする shoji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 所持する しょじする shoji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 所持すれ しょじすれ shoji sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 所持せよ¹
所持しろ² 		しょじせよ¹
しょじしろ² 		shoji seyo¹
shoji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 所持される しょじされる shoji sareru
Causative 所持させる
所持さす 		しょじさせる
しょじさす 		shoji saseru
shoji sasu
Potential 所持できる しょじできる shoji dekiru
Volitional 所持しよう しょじしよう shoji shiyō
Negative 所持しない しょじしない shoji shinai
Negative continuative 所持せず しょじせず shoji sezu
Formal 所持します しょじします shoji shimasu
Perfective 所持した しょじした shoji shita
Conjunctive 所持して しょじして shoji shite
Hypothetical conditional 所持すれば しょじすれば shoji sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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