逆さ読み
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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逆 | 読 |
さか Grade: 5 |
よ Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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逆さ讀み (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 逆さ (sakasa, “backwards”) + 読み (yomi, “reading”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 読む yomu “to read”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]逆さ読み • (sakasayomi)
- a backwards reading of a sentence, starting from the end of the sentence
- a backwards reading of a book, starting from the last page
Verb
[edit]逆さ読みする • (sakasayomi suru) transitive suru (stem 逆さ読みし (sakasayomi shi), past 逆さ読みした (sakasayomi shita))
- to read a sentence backwards, starting from the end of the sentence
- to read a book backwards, starting from the last page
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "逆さ読みする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 逆さ読みし | さかさよみし | sakasayomi shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 逆さ読みし | さかさよみし | sakasayomi shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 逆さ読みする | さかさよみする | sakasayomi suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 逆さ読みする | さかさよみする | sakasayomi suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 逆さ読みすれ | さかさよみすれ | sakasayomi sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 逆さ読みせよ¹ 逆さ読みしろ² |
さかさよみせよ¹ さかさよみしろ² |
sakasayomi seyo¹ sakasayomi shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 逆さ読みされる | さかさよみされる | sakasayomi sareru | |
Causative | 逆さ読みさせる 逆さ読みさす |
さかさよみさせる さかさよみさす |
sakasayomi saseru sakasayomi sasu | |
Potential | 逆さ読みできる | さかさよみできる | sakasayomi dekiru | |
Volitional | 逆さ読みしよう | さかさよみしよう | sakasayomi shiyō | |
Negative | 逆さ読みしない | さかさよみしない | sakasayomi shinai | |
Negative continuative | 逆さ読みせず | さかさよみせず | sakasayomi sezu | |
Formal | 逆さ読みします | さかさよみします | sakasayomi shimasu | |
Perfective | 逆さ読みした | さかさよみした | sakasayomi shita | |
Conjunctive | 逆さ読みして | さかさよみして | sakasayomi shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 逆さ読みすれば | さかさよみすれば | sakasayomi sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
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