Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かつ
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology edit

From しく (-shiku, variant 未然形 (mizenkei, incomplete form) and 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem form) of adjectival suffix (-shi)) +‎ 活用 (katsuyō, declension, inflection).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) くかつよー [shìkú káꜜtsùyòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕikɯ̟ᵝ ka̠t͡sɨᵝjo̞ː]

Noun edit

シク活用(かつよう) (shiku katsuyōしくくわつよう (sikukwatuyou)?

  1. (Classical Japanese grammar) an adjective inflection class for some classical adjectives ending in -shi:
Archaic 未然形
Irrealis
連用形
Adverbial
終止形
Conclusive
連体形
Attributive
已然形
Realis
命令形
Imperative
嬉し (ureshi, happy, joyful) 嬉しく (ureshiku)
嬉しから (ureshikara)
嬉しく (ureshiku)
嬉しかり (ureshikari)
嬉し (ureshi) 嬉しき (uresiki1 → ureshiki)
嬉しかる (ureshikaru)
嬉しけれ (uresike1re → ureshikere) 嬉しかれ (ureshikare)
恋し (koishi, longed-for) 恋しく (koshiku)
恋しから (koshikara)
恋しく (koshiku)
恋しかり (koshikari)
恋し (koishi) 恋しき (ko1pi2siki → koshiki)
恋しかる (koshikaru)
恋しけれ (ko1pi2sike1re → koshikere) 恋しかれ (koshikare)
可笑し (okashi, funny, interesting) 可笑しく (okashiku)
可笑しから (okashikara)
可笑しく (okashiku)
可笑しかり (okashikari)
可笑し (okashi) 可笑しき (okashiki)
可笑しかる (okashikaru)
可笑しけれ (okashikere) 可笑しかれ (okashikare)

The subscripts in the table above indicate differences in vowel class that were already being lost in Old Japanese. It remains unclear what those different vowel classes may have meant. See the Syllables section in the Wikipedia article on Old Japanese for more details.

Usage notes edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN