示す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
示
しめ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「示す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		示す しめす
Imperative (命令形) 示せ しめせ
Key constructions
Passive 示される しめされる
Causative 示させる しめさせる
Potential 示せる しめせる
Volitional 示そう しめそー
Negative 示さない しめさない
Negative perfective 示さなかった しめさなかった
Formal 示します しめします
Perfective 示した しめした
Conjunctive 示して しめして
Hypothetical conditional 示せば しめせば

Verb

示(しめ)す • (shimesu) transitive godan (stem 示(しめ)し (shimeshi), past 示(しめ)した (shimeshita))

  1. to show, to have somebody see
  2. to display, to show, to demonstrate
  3. to indicate, point out, to denote
  4. to indicate (for a measuring device such as a clock to show a value)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "示す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 示さ しめさ shimesa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 示し しめし shimeshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 示す しめす shimesu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 示す しめす shimesu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 示せ しめせ shimese
Meireikei ("imperative") 示せ しめせ shimese
Key constructions
Passive 示される しめされる shimesareru
Causative 示させる
示さす 		しめさせる
しめさす 		shimesaseru
shimesasu
Potential 示せる しめせる shimeseru
Volitional 示そう しめそう shimesō
Negative 示さない しめさない shimesanai
Negative continuative 示さず しめさず shimesazu
Formal 示します しめします shimeshimasu
Perfective 示した しめした shimeshita
Conjunctive 示して しめして shimeshite
Hypothetical conditional 示せば しめせば shimeseba
Classical conjugation of "示す" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 示さ しめさ simesa
Continuative (連用形) 示し しめし simesi
Terminal (終止形) 示す しめす simesu
Attributive (連体形) 示す しめす simesu
Realis (已然形) 示せ しめせ simese
Imperative (命令形) 示せ しめせ simese
Key constructions
Negative 示さず しめさず simesazu
Contrasting conjunction 示せど しめせど simesedo
Causal conjunction 示せば しめせば simeseba
Conditional conjunction 示さば しめさば simesaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 示しき しめしき simesiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 示しけり しめしけり simesikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 示しつ しめしつ simesitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 示しぬ しめしぬ simesinu
Perfect-continuative tense 示せり
示したり		 しめせり
しめしたり		 simeseri
simesitari
Volitional 示さむ しめさむ simesamu

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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