晴耕雨読

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
晴 耕 雨 読
せい
Grade: 2 		こう
Grade: 5 		う
Grade: 1 		どく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
晴耕雨讀 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally, “working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather”

Pronunciation

Noun

晴(せい)耕(こう)雨(う)読(どく) • (seikōudoku) 

  1. living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
    Synonym: 悠々自適

Verb

晴(せい)耕(こう)雨(う)読(どく)する • (seikōudoku suru) suru (stem 晴(せい)耕(こう)雨(う)読(どく)し (seikōudoku shi), past 晴(せい)耕(こう)雨(う)読(どく)した (seikōudoku shita))

  1. living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits

Conjugation

Conjugation of "晴耕雨読する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 晴耕雨読し せいこううどくし seikōudoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 晴耕雨読し せいこううどくし seikōudoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 晴耕雨読する せいこううどくする seikōudoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 晴耕雨読する せいこううどくする seikōudoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 晴耕雨読すれ せいこううどくすれ seikōudoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 晴耕雨読せよ¹
晴耕雨読しろ² 		せいこううどくせよ¹
せいこううどくしろ² 		seikōudoku seyo¹
seikōudoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 晴耕雨読される せいこううどくされる seikōudoku sareru
Causative 晴耕雨読させる
晴耕雨読さす 		せいこううどくさせる
せいこううどくさす 		seikōudoku saseru
seikōudoku sasu
Potential 晴耕雨読できる せいこううどくできる seikōudoku dekiru
Volitional 晴耕雨読しよう せいこううどくしよう seikōudoku shiyō
Negative 晴耕雨読しない せいこううどくしない seikōudoku shinai
Negative continuative 晴耕雨読せず せいこううどくせず seikōudoku sezu
Formal 晴耕雨読します せいこううどくします seikōudoku shimasu
Perfective 晴耕雨読した せいこううどくした seikōudoku shita
Conjunctive 晴耕雨読して せいこううどくして seikōudoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 晴耕雨読すれば せいこううどくすれば seikōudoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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