プレゼント
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English present.[1][2][3]
First attested in 1900s.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 1900s] present, gift
- 親にプレゼントをあげる
- oya ni purezento o ageru
- to give presents to parents
- プレゼント交換
- purezento kōkan
- gift exchange
- 親にプレゼントをあげる
Synonyms
[edit]- (present): 贈り物 (okurimono)
Verb
[edit]プレゼントする • (purezento suru) suru (stem プレゼントし (purezento shi), past プレゼントした (purezento shita))
- give a present
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "プレゼントする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | プレゼントし | purezento shi | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | プレゼントし | purezento shi | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | プレゼントする | purezento suru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | プレゼントする | purezento suru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | プレゼントすれ | purezento sure | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | プレゼントせよ¹ プレゼントしろ² |
purezento seyo¹ purezento shiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | プレゼントされる | purezento sareru | ||
| Causative | プレゼントさせる プレゼントさす |
purezento saseru purezento sasu | ||
| Potential | プレゼントできる | purezento dekiru | ||
| Volitional | プレゼントしよう | purezento shiyō | ||
| Negative | プレゼントしない | purezento shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | プレゼントせず | purezento sezu | ||
| Formal | プレゼントします | purezento shimasu | ||
| Perfective | プレゼントした | purezento shita | ||
| Conjunctive | プレゼントして | purezento shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | プレゼントすれば | purezento sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Synonyms
[edit]- 贈る (okuru)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “プレゼント”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “プレゼント”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ 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