断言

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 断言 – see 斷言 (“to state categorically; to assert; to declare with confidence; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 斷言).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
断 言
だん
Grade: 5 		げん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
斷言 (kyūjitai)

Noun

断(だん)言(げん) • (dangen) 

  1. assertion, declaration

Verb

断(だん)言(げん)する • (dangen suru) suru (stem 断(だん)言(げん)し (dangen shi), past 断(だん)言(げん)した (dangen shita))

  1. to assert, to declare

Conjugation

Conjugation of "断言する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 断言し だんげんし dangen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 断言し だんげんし dangen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 断言する だんげんする dangen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 断言する だんげんする dangen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 断言すれ だんげんすれ dangen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 断言せよ¹
断言しろ² 		だんげんせよ¹
だんげんしろ² 		dangen seyo¹
dangen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 断言される だんげんされる dangen sareru
Causative 断言させる
断言さす 		だんげんさせる
だんげんさす 		dangen saseru
dangen sasu
Potential 断言できる だんげんできる dangen dekiru
Volitional 断言しよう だんげんしよう dangen shiyō
Negative 断言しない だんげんしない dangen shinai
Negative continuative 断言せず だんげんせず dangen sezu
Formal 断言します だんげんします dangen shimasu
Perfective 断言した だんげんした dangen shita
Conjunctive 断言して だんげんして dangen shite
Hypothetical conditional 断言すれば だんげんすれば dangen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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