独裁

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See also: 獨裁

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独裁 – see 獨裁 (“to rule as a dictator; to make decisions for others by oneself; to behave tyrannically; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 獨裁).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独 裁
どく
Grade: 5 		さい
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
獨裁 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

独(どく)裁(さい) • (dokusai) 

  1. autocracy, dictatorship (a government led by a dictator)
  2. making decisions for a group by oneself, tyranny

Verb

独(どく)裁(さい)する • (dokusai suru) intransitive suru (stem 独(どく)裁(さい)し (dokusai shi), past 独(どく)裁(さい)した (dokusai shita))

  1. to rule as a dictator
  2. to make decisions for others by oneself, to behave tyrannically

Conjugation

Conjugation of "独裁する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 独裁し どくさいし dokusai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 独裁し どくさいし dokusai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 独裁する どくさいする dokusai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 独裁する どくさいする dokusai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 独裁すれ どくさいすれ dokusai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 独裁せよ¹
独裁しろ² 		どくさいせよ¹
どくさいしろ² 		dokusai seyo¹
dokusai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 独裁される どくさいされる dokusai sareru
Causative 独裁させる
独裁さす 		どくさいさせる
どくさいさす 		dokusai saseru
dokusai sasu
Potential 独裁できる どくさいできる dokusai dekiru
Volitional 独裁しよう どくさいしよう dokusai shiyō
Negative 独裁しない どくさいしない dokusai shinai
Negative continuative 独裁せず どくさいせず dokusai sezu
Formal 独裁します どくさいします dokusai shimasu
Perfective 独裁した どくさいした dokusai shita
Conjunctive 独裁して どくさいして dokusai shite
Hypothetical conditional 独裁すれば どくさいすれば dokusai 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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