試行錯誤

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
試 行 錯 誤
し
Grade: 4 		こう
Grade: 2 		さく
Grade: S 		ご
Grade: 6
on'yomi kan'on on'yomi kan'on
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Etymology

Calque of English trial and error.[1][2]

Compound of 試(し)行(こう) (shikō, “trial”) + 錯(さく)誤(ご) (sakugo, “error, mistake”).

Pronunciation

Noun

試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご) • (shikō sakugo) ←しかうさくご (sikau sakugo)?

  1. trial and error

Verb

試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご)する • (shikō sakugo suru) ←しかうさくご (sikau sakugo)?intransitive suru (stem 試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご)し (shikō sakugo shi), past 試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご)した (shikō sakugo shita))

  1. to learn by trial and error

Conjugation

Conjugation of "試行錯誤する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 試行錯誤し しこうさくごし shikō sakugo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 試行錯誤し しこうさくごし shikō sakugo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 試行錯誤する しこうさくごする shikō sakugo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 試行錯誤する しこうさくごする shikō sakugo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 試行錯誤すれ しこうさくごすれ shikō sakugo sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 試行錯誤せよ¹
試行錯誤しろ² 		しこうさくごせよ¹
しこうさくごしろ² 		shikō sakugo seyo¹
shikō sakugo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 試行錯誤される しこうさくごされる shikō sakugo sareru
Causative 試行錯誤させる
試行錯誤さす 		しこうさくごさせる
しこうさくごさす 		shikō sakugo saseru
shikō sakugo sasu
Potential 試行錯誤できる しこうさくごできる shikō sakugo dekiru
Volitional 試行錯誤しよう しこうさくごしよう shikō sakugo shiyō
Negative 試行錯誤しない しこうさくごしない shikō sakugo shinai
Negative continuative 試行錯誤せず しこうさくごせず shikō sakugo sezu
Formal 試行錯誤します しこうさくごします shikō sakugo shimasu
Perfective 試行錯誤した しこうさくごした shikō sakugo shita
Conjunctive 試行錯誤して しこうさくごして shikō sakugo shite
Hypothetical conditional 試行錯誤すれば しこうさくごすれば shikō sakugo sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
試行錯誤

Noun

試行錯誤 • (sihaengchago) (hangeul 시행착오)

  1. hanja form? of 시행착오
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