歩測

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
歩 測
ほ
Grade: 2 		そく
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
步測 (kyūjitai)

Noun

歩(ほ)測(そく) • (hosoku) 

  1. pacing off, measuring off by pacing

Verb

歩(ほ)測(そく)する • (hosoku suru) suru (stem 歩(ほ)測(そく)し (hosoku shi), past 歩(ほ)測(そく)した (hosoku shita))

  1. pace (measure by walking), pace off
    • 1938, 野上豊一郎, パルテノン:
      名称(めいしょう)は部屋(へや)の長(なが)さが歩測(ほそく)して百歩(ひゃくほ)あったからである。
      Meishō wa heya no nagasa ga hosoku shite hyaku-ho atta kara de aru.
      The name comes from the fact that it takes 100 steps to pace the length of the room.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "歩測する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 歩測し ほそくし hosoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 歩測し ほそくし hosoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 歩測する ほそくする hosoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 歩測する ほそくする hosoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 歩測すれ ほそくすれ hosoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 歩測せよ¹
歩測しろ² 		ほそくせよ¹
ほそくしろ² 		hosoku seyo¹
hosoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 歩測される ほそくされる hosoku sareru
Causative 歩測させる
歩測さす 		ほそくさせる
ほそくさす 		hosoku saseru
hosoku sasu
Potential 歩測できる ほそくできる hosoku dekiru
Volitional 歩測しよう ほそくしよう hosoku shiyō
Negative 歩測しない ほそくしない hosoku shinai
Negative continuative 歩測せず ほそくせず hosoku sezu
Formal 歩測します ほそくします hosoku shimasu
Perfective 歩測した ほそくした hosoku shita
Conjunctive 歩測して ほそくして hosoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 歩測すれば ほそくすれば hosoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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