精鋭

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See also: 精銳 and 精锐

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 精鋭 – see 精銳 (“crack; picked; elite; best-quality”).
(This term is a variant traditional form of 精銳).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精 鋭
せい
Grade: 5 		えい
Grade: S
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spelling
精銳 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

精(せい)鋭(えい) • (seiei) -na (adnominal 精(せい)鋭(えい)な (seiei na), adverbial 精(せい)鋭(えい)に (seiei ni))

  1. elite

Inflection

Inflection of 精鋭
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 精鋭だろ せいえいだろ seiei daro
Continuative (連用形) 精鋭で せいえいで seiei de
Terminal (終止形) 精鋭だ せいえいだ seiei da
Attributive (連体形) 精鋭な せいえいな seiei na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 精鋭なら せいえいなら seiei nara
Imperative (命令形) 精鋭であれ せいえいであれ seiei de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 精鋭ではない
精鋭じゃない 		せいえいではない
せいえいじゃない 		seiei de wa nai
seiei ja nai
Informal past 精鋭だった せいえいだった seiei datta
Informal negative past 精鋭ではなかった
精鋭じゃなかった 		せいえいではなかった
せいえいじゃなかった 		seiei de wa nakatta
seiei ja nakatta
Formal 精鋭です せいえいです seiei desu
Formal negative 精鋭ではありません
精鋭じゃありません 		せいえいではありません
せいえいじゃありません 		seiei de wa arimasen
seiei ja arimasen
Formal past 精鋭でした せいえいでした seiei deshita
Formal negative past 精鋭ではありませんでした
精鋭じゃありませんでした 		せいえいではありませんでした
せいえいじゃありませんでした 		seiei de wa arimasen deshita
seiei ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 精鋭で せいえいで seiei de
Conditional 精鋭なら（ば） せいえいなら（ば） seiei nara (ba)
Provisional 精鋭だったら せいえいだったら seiei dattara
Volitional 精鋭だろう せいえいだろう seiei darō
Adverbial 精鋭に せいえいに seiei ni
Degree 精鋭さ せいえいさ seieisa

Noun

精(せい)鋭(えい) • (seiei) 

  1. the pick, the cream of the crop

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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