言い訳
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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言 | 訳 |
い Grade: 2 |
わけ Grade: 6 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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言い譯 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- excuse
- apology
- 言い訳の手紙
- iiwake no tegami
- letter of apology
- 言い訳の手紙
- explanation
Verb
[edit]言い訳する • (iiwake suru) transitive suru (stem 言い訳し (iiwake shi), past 言い訳した (iiwake shita))
- give an excuse
- apologize
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "言い訳する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 言い訳し | いいわけし | iiwake shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 言い訳し | いいわけし | iiwake shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 言い訳する | いいわけする | iiwake suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 言い訳する | いいわけする | iiwake suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 言い訳すれ | いいわけすれ | iiwake sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 言い訳せよ¹ 言い訳しろ² |
いいわけせよ¹ いいわけしろ² |
iiwake seyo¹ iiwake shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 言い訳される | いいわけされる | iiwake sareru | |
Causative | 言い訳させる 言い訳さす |
いいわけさせる いいわけさす |
iiwake saseru iiwake sasu | |
Potential | 言い訳できる | いいわけできる | iiwake dekiru | |
Volitional | 言い訳しよう | いいわけしよう | iiwake shiyō | |
Negative | 言い訳しない | いいわけしない | iiwake shinai | |
Negative continuative | 言い訳せず | いいわけせず | iiwake sezu | |
Formal | 言い訳します | いいわけします | iiwake shimasu | |
Perfective | 言い訳した | いいわけした | iiwake shita | |
Conjunctive | 言い訳して | いいわけして | iiwake shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 言い訳すれば | いいわけすれば | iiwake sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Usage notes
[edit]When actually expressing regret of mistake or wrongdoing, 申し訳 is almost always used in place of 言い訳 as in 申し訳ない or any more humble forms by replacing the ない part by ありません, ございません or なく存じます.
Synonyms
[edit]- (apology):
- (excuse, explanation):
References
[edit]- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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