決断

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See also: 决断 and 決斷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
決 断
けつ
Grade: 3 		だん
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
決斷 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

決(けつ)断(だん) • (ketsudan) 

  1. decision
    思(おも)い切(き)った決断(けつだん)が必要(ひつよう)だ。
    Omoikitta ketsudan ga hitsuyō da.
    We need to act decisively.

Verb

決(けつ)断(だん)する • (ketsudan suru) suru (stem 決(けつ)断(だん)し (ketsudan shi), past 決(けつ)断(だん)した (ketsudan shita))

  1. resolve, make a decision

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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