Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2
kan’yōon

Etymology edit

Shift from 同ずる (dōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(どう)じる (dōjiruintransitive ichidan (stem (どう) (dōji), past (どう)じた (dōjita))

  1. to agree, approve, consent, support
    Synonyms: 与する (kumisuru), 賛成する (sansei suru), 同意する (dōi suru)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN