演説

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See also: 演說, and 演说

Japanese

Kanji in this term
演 説
えん
Grade: 5 		せつ > ぜつ
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
演說 (kyūjitai)

Noun

演(えん)説(ぜつ) • (enzetsu) 

  1. speech
    印(いん)象(しょう)的(てき)な演(えん)説(ぜつ)だった。
    Inshōteki na enzetsu datta.
    The speech was impressive.

Verb

演(えん)説(ぜつ)する • (enzetsu suru) intransitive suru (stem 演(えん)説(ぜつ)し (enzetsu shi), past 演(えん)説(ぜつ)した (enzetsu shita))

  1. to make a speech, to deliver a speech

Conjugation

Conjugation of "演説する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 演説し えんぜつし enzetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 演説し えんぜつし enzetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 演説する えんぜつする enzetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 演説する えんぜつする enzetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 演説すれ えんぜつすれ enzetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 演説せよ¹
演説しろ² 		えんぜつせよ¹
えんぜつしろ² 		enzetsu seyo¹
enzetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 演説される えんぜつされる enzetsu sareru
Causative 演説させる
演説さす 		えんぜつさせる
えんぜつさす 		enzetsu saseru
enzetsu sasu
Potential 演説できる えんぜつできる enzetsu dekiru
Volitional 演説しよう えんぜつしよう enzetsu shiyō
Negative 演説しない えんぜつしない enzetsu shinai
Negative continuative 演説せず えんぜつせず enzetsu sezu
Formal 演説します えんぜつします enzetsu shimasu
Perfective 演説した えんぜつした enzetsu shita
Conjunctive 演説して えんぜつして enzetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 演説すれば えんぜつすれば enzetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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