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下二段活用
下二段活用
Japanese
Noun
下二段活用 (hiragana しもにだんかつよう, romaji shimo nidan katsuyō, historical hiragana しもにだんくわつよう)
- (grammar) lower bigrade conjugation, a verbal conjugation class with the following inflections: e | e | u | uru | ure | e[yo]. Examples:
| Imperfective (未然形) | Continuative (連用形) | Terminal (終止形) | Attributive (連体形) | Realis (已然形) (modern Hypothetical (仮定形)) |
Imperative (命令形) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uk- "to receive" | uk-e | uk-e | uk-u | uk-uru | uk-ure | uk-e[yo] |
| nig- "to flee" | nig-e | nig-e | nig-u | nig-uru | nig-ure | nig-e[yo] |
| tab- "to eat" | tab-e | tab-e | tab-u | tab-uru | tab-ure | tab-e[yo] |
See also
- 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan 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)
- 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō)
- 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō)