検針

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See also: 檢針

Japanese

Kanji in this term
検 針
けん
Grade: 5 		しん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
檢針 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation

Noun

検(けん)針(しん) • (kenshin) ←けんしん (kensin)?

  1. reading a meter, especially a gas meter, water meter, electric meter, etc.
    水(すい)道(どう)やガスメーターの検(けん)針(しん)を行(おこな)っています。
    Suidō ya gasu mētā no kenshin o okonatteimasu.
    We inspect water meters, gas meters, etc.

Verb

検(けん)針(しん)する • (kenshin suru) ←けんしん (kensin)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 検(けん)針(しん)し (kenshin shi), past 検(けん)針(しん)した (kenshin shita))

  1. to read a meter

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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