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下一段活用
下一段活用
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 下 | 一 | 段 | 活 | 用 |
|
しも Grade: 1 |
いち Grade: 1 |
だん Grade: 6 |
かつ Grade: 2 |
よう Grade: 2 |
| yutōyomi | ||||
Noun
下一段活用 (hiragana しもいちだんかつよう, romaji shimo ichidan katsuyō, historical hiragana しもいちだんくわつよう)
- (grammar) lower monograde conjugation; a verbal conjugation class in which the stem ends in -e and has the following inflections: -/-/ru/ru/re/ro. Examples:
| Irrealis | Adverbial | Conclusive | Attributive | Realis | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uke- "to receive" | uke- | uke- | uke-ru | uke-ru | uke-re | uke-ro |
| nige- "to flee" | nige- | nige- | nige-ru | nige-ru | nige-re | nige-ro |
| tabe- "to eat" | tabe- | tabe- | tabe-ru | tabe-ru | tabe-re | tabe-ro |
See also
- 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō)
Related terms
- 五段活用 (godan katsuyō)
- カ行変格活用 (kagyō henkaku katsuyō)
- 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō)
- 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō)
- ナ行変格活用 (nagyō henkaku katsuyō)
- ラ行変格活用 (ragyō henkaku katsuyō)
- サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō)
- 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō)
- 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō)