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召す
召す
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 召 |
|
め Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
召す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana めす, romaji mesu)
- call, summon
- eat
- wear
- take a bath or catch a cold
- commit seppuku
- amuse someone, tickle someone's fancy
Usage notes
This is 尊敬語, an honorific word.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "召す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 召さ | めさ | mesa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 召し | めし | meshi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 召す | めす | mesu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 召す | めす | mesu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 召せ | めせ | mese |
| Imperative (命令形) | 召せ | めせ | mese |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 召される | めされる | mesareru |
| Causative | 召させる 召さす |
めさせる めさす |
mesaseru mesasu |
| Potential | 召せる | めせる | meseru |
| Volitional | 召そう | めそう | mesō |
| Negative | 召さない | めさない | mesanai |
| Negative continuative | 召さず | めさず | mesazu |
| Formal | 召します | めします | meshimasu |
| Perfective | 召した | めした | meshita |
| Conjunctive | 召して | めして | meshite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 召せば | めせば | meseba |