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五段活用
五段活用
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 五 | 段 | 活 | 用 |
|
ご Grade: 1 |
だん Grade: 6 |
かつ Grade: 2 |
よう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |||
Noun
五段活用 (hiragana ごだんかつよう, romaji godan katsuyō)
- (grammar) a verbal conjugation class consisting of five alternating bases: -a, -i, -u, -e, -o; see Etymology on note about the fifth base -o. Examples:
| Irrealis | Adverbial | Conclusive | Attributive | Realis | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sak- | sak-a | sak-i | sak-u | sak-u | sak-e | sak-e |
| kak- | kak-a | kak-i | kak-u | kak-u | kak-e | kak-e |
| yom- | yom-a | yom-i | yom-u | yom-u | yom-e | yom-e |
See also
- 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō)