Japanese

Noun

未然形 ‎(hiragana みぜんけい, romaji mizenkei)

1. (grammar) a Japanese verbal inflectional category: the irrealis form

   Indicates that something has not yet happened, or not yet begun.

Related terms

• 已然形 (いぜんけい) ‎(izenkei, “realis”)
• 仮定形 (かていけい) ‎(kateikei, “conditional”)
• 終止形 (しゅうしけい) ‎(shūshikei, “conclusive”)
• 命令形 (めいれいけい) ‎(meireikei, “imperative”)
• 連用形 (れんようけい) ‎(ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
• 連体形 (れんたいけい) ‎(rentaikei, “attributive”)

See also

• Appendix:Japanese verbs

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
4. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

• Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36918-5, pages 221-224