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シフト
シフト
Japanese
Noun
シフト (romaji shifuto)
- a shift (a change in position, the situation, or one's attitude)
- shifting, changing gear on a car
- a shift (change of workers)
- 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “だいじょぶだ〰 [It's gonna be okay〰]”, in 銀魂 [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 978-4-08-870208-7:
- そうですね じゃあ…火木が姫‼ 月火水木金土日が私というシフトにしましょうか‼
- Sō desu ne Jā… ka-moku ga hime‼ Getsu-ka-sui-moku-kin-do-nichi ga watashi to iu shifuto ni shimashō ka‼
- Well sure Then… it's Tuesday and Wednesday for the princess‼ And I'll take the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday shifts‼
- Nan de omae ga kaikin nan da yo‼
- Why would you be here every day!?
- そうですね じゃあ…火木が姫‼ 月火水木金土日が私というシフトにしましょうか‼
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Verb
- shift, change position etc.
- shift, change gear
Conjugation
Conjugation of "シフトする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | シフトし | shifuto shi | ||
| Continuative (連用形) | シフトし | shifuto shi | ||
| Terminal (終止形) | シフトする | shifuto suru | ||
| Attributive (連体形) | シフトする | shifuto suru | ||
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | シフトすれ | shifuto sure | ||
| Imperative (命令形) | シフトせよ¹ シフトしろ² |
shifuto seyo¹ shifuto shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | シフトされる | shifuto sareru | ||
| Causative | シフトさせる シフトさす |
shifuto saseru shifuto sasu |
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| Potential | シフトできる | shifuto dekiru | ||
| Volitional | シフトしよう | shifuto shiyō | ||
| Negative | シフトしない | shifuto shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | シフトせず | shifuto sezu | ||
| Formal | シフトします | shifuto shimasu | ||
| Perfective | シフトした | shifuto shita | ||
| Conjunctive | シフトして | shifuto shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | シフトすれば | shifuto sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||