点滴

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See also: 點滴

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 点滴 – see 點滴 (“drop; raindrop; bit; titbit; a little bit; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 點滴).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
点 滴
てん
Grade: 2 		てき
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
點滴 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

点(てん)滴(てき) • (tenteki) 

  1. drop, raindrop
    Synonym: 雨垂れ
    点滴(てんてき)石(いし)を穿(うが)つ
    tenteki ishi o ugatsu
    raindrops wear away stone
  2. (medicine) intravenous drip

Verb

点(てん)滴(てき)する • (tenteki suru) suru (stem 点(てん)滴(てき)し (tenteki shi), past 点(てん)滴(てき)した (tenteki shita))

  1. raindrop
  2. (medicine) to give intravenous drip

Conjugation

Conjugation of "点滴する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 点滴し てんてきし tenteki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 点滴し てんてきし tenteki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 点滴する てんてきする tenteki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 点滴する てんてきする tenteki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 点滴すれ てんてきすれ tenteki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 点滴せよ¹
点滴しろ² 		てんてきせよ¹
てんてきしろ² 		tenteki seyo¹
tenteki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 点滴される てんてきされる tenteki sareru
Causative 点滴させる
点滴さす 		てんてきさせる
てんてきさす 		tenteki saseru
tenteki sasu
Potential 点滴できる てんてきできる tenteki dekiru
Volitional 点滴しよう てんてきしよう tenteki shiyō
Negative 点滴しない てんてきしない tenteki shinai
Negative continuative 点滴せず てんてきせず tenteki sezu
Formal 点滴します てんてきします tenteki shimasu
Perfective 点滴した てんてきした tenteki shita
Conjunctive 点滴して てんてきして tenteki shite
Hypothetical conditional 点滴すれば てんてきすれば tenteki 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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