こじつける

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こじつけ​る [kòjítsúkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) こじつける [kòjítsúkérú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ʑit͡sɨᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

こじつける • (kojitsukeru) ^{←こじつける (kozitukeru)?}ichidan (stem こじつけ (kojitsuke), past こじつけた (kojitsuketa))

1. to force (during reasoning)

   何(なん)らかの理(り)由(ゆう)をこじつけて断(ことわ)る

   nanraka no riyū o kojitsukete kotowaru

   to make up some strained reasoning and decline

Conjugation

Conjugation of "こじつける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	こじつけ	kojitsuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	こじつけ	kojitsuke
Shūshikei ("terminal")	こじつける	kojitsukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	こじつける	kojitsukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	こじつけれ	kojitsukere
Meireikei ("imperative")	こじつけよ¹ こじつけろ²	kojitsukeyo¹ kojitsukero²
Key constructions
Passive	こじつけられる	kojitsukerareru
Causative	こじつけさせる こじつけさす	kojitsukesaseru kojitsukesasu
Potential	こじつけられる こじつけれる³	kojitsukerareru kojitsukereru³
Volitional	こじつけよう	kojitsukeyō
Negative	こじつけない こじつけぬ こじつけん	kojitsukenai kojitsukenu kojitsuken
Negative continuative	こじつけず	kojitsukezu
Formal	こじつけます	kojitsukemasu
Perfective	こじつけた	kojitsuketa
Conjunctive	こじつけて	kojitsukete
Hypothetical conditional	こじつければ	kojitsukereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential