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乗じる

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
乘じる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Shift from verb (じょう)ずる (jōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(じょう)じる (jōjiruichidan (stem (じょう) (jōji), past (じょう)じた (jōjita))

  1. to take advantage of
  2. (mathematics) to multiply
  3. to follow blindly

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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