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咀嚼
咀嚼
Chinese
| chew | to chew | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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simp. and trad. (咀嚼) |
咀 | 嚼 | |
Verb
咀嚼
- to chew; to masticate
- to think over; to mull over; to ponder; to ruminate
- (archaic) to enunciate clearly
- (archaic) to curse; to imprecate
Synonyms
- (for both "chew" and "think over" senses): 咬嚼 (yǎojué)
- 𫜦 (Min Chinese)
Usage notes
In the term 咀嚼 (jǔjué), the character 嚼 (jiáo) is pronounced jué, however when used as a character by itself (meaning "to chew"), 嚼 (jiáo) is pronounced jiáo.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 咀 | 嚼 |
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そ Hyōgaiji |
しゃく Hyōgaiji |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
咀嚼 (hiragana そしゃく, romaji soshaku)
Derived terms
Verb
咀嚼する (hiragana そしゃくする, romaji soshaku suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "咀嚼する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 咀嚼し | そしゃくし | soshaku shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 咀嚼し | そしゃくし | soshaku shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 咀嚼する | そしゃくする | soshaku suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 咀嚼する | そしゃくする | soshaku suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 咀嚼すれ | そしゃくすれ | soshaku sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 咀嚼せよ¹ 咀嚼しろ² |
そしゃくせよ¹ そしゃくしろ² |
soshaku seyo¹ soshaku shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 咀嚼される | そしゃくされる | soshaku sareru | |
| Causative | 咀嚼させる 咀嚼さす |
そしゃくさせる そしゃくさす |
soshaku saseru soshaku sasu |
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| Potential | 咀嚼できる | そしゃくできる | soshaku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 咀嚼しよう | そしゃくしよう | soshaku shiyō | |
| Negative | 咀嚼しない | そしゃくしない | soshaku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 咀嚼せず | そしゃくせず | soshaku sezu | |
| Formal | 咀嚼します | そしゃくします | soshaku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 咀嚼した | そしゃくした | soshaku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 咀嚼して | そしゃくして | soshaku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 咀嚼すれば | そしゃくすれば | soshaku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||