正格活用

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	格	活	用
せい Grade: 1	かく Grade: 5	かつ Grade: 2	よう Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

正格 (“regular”) +‎ 活用 (“inflection”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーかくかつよー [sèékákú káꜜtsùyòò] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠kɯ̟̊ ka̠t͡sɨjo̞ː]

Noun

正(せい)格(かく)活(かつ)用(よう) • (seikaku katsuyō) ^{←せいかくくゎつよう (seikaku kwatuyou)?}

1. a Japanese verbal inflection that is considered regular

   Antonym: 変格活用

   Hyponyms: 上一段活用, 上二段活用, 五段活用, 下一段活用, 下二段活用, 四段活用

Usage notes

• Regularity is mostly noted as to whether the six 活用形 (katsuyōkei, “inflectional forms”) of verbs deviate too much from an expected pattern or not. Even among the so-called "regular" verbs, there are still slight irregularities. See 下さる (kudasaru), 行く (iku) and 問う (tou) which have such irregularities.

See also

• 規(き)則(そく)動(どう)詞(し) (kisoku dōshi)