外見
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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外 | 見 |
がい Grade: 2 |
けん Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 12th century] that which is displayed, shown to other people
- [from 13th century] that which other people may see, appearance
- [from 17th century] outward appearance, superficial appearance
Verb
[edit]外見する • (gaiken suru) suru (stem 外見し (gaiken shi), past 外見した (gaiken shita))[2]
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "外見する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 外見し | がいけんし | gaiken shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 外見し | がいけんし | gaiken shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 外見する | がいけんする | gaiken suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 外見する | がいけんする | gaiken suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 外見すれ | がいけんすれ | gaiken sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 外見せよ¹ 外見しろ² |
がいけんせよ¹ がいけんしろ² |
gaiken seyo¹ gaiken shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 外見される | がいけんされる | gaiken sareru | |
Causative | 外見させる 外見さす |
がいけんさせる がいけんさす |
gaiken saseru gaiken sasu | |
Potential | 外見できる | がいけんできる | gaiken dekiru | |
Volitional | 外見しよう | がいけんしよう | gaiken shiyō | |
Negative | 外見しない | がいけんしない | gaiken shinai | |
Negative continuative | 外見せず | がいけんせず | gaiken sezu | |
Formal | 外見します | がいけんします | gaiken shimasu | |
Perfective | 外見した | がいけんした | gaiken shita | |
Conjunctive | 外見して | がいけんして | gaiken shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 外見すれば | がいけんすれば | gaiken sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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