よせがき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
寄せ書き 寄書き (dated)

WWII-era "Good Luck Flags" are especially known in the West.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よせがき [yòségákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞se̞ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

よせがき • (yosegaki) ^{←よせがき (yosegaki)?}

1. multiple people writing messages on an item
2. item on which multiple people write messages

Verb

よせがきする • (yosegaki suru) ^{←よせがき (yosegaki)?}suru (stem よせがきし (yosegakisuru shi), past よせがきした (yosegakisuru shita))

1. (of multiple people) to write messages on an item

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よせがきする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	よせがきし	yosegaki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	よせがきし	yosegaki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	よせがきする	yosegaki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	よせがきする	yosegaki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	よせがきすれ	yosegaki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	よせがきせよ¹ よせがきしろ²	yosegaki seyo¹ yosegaki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	よせがきされる	yosegaki sareru
Causative	よせがきさせる よせがきさす	yosegaki saseru yosegaki sasu
Potential	よせがきできる	yosegaki dekiru
Volitional	よせがきしよう	yosegaki shiyō
Negative	よせがきしない	yosegaki shinai
Negative continuative	よせがきせず	yosegaki sezu
Formal	よせがきします	yosegaki shimasu
Perfective	よせがきした	yosegaki shita
Conjunctive	よせがきして	yosegaki shite
Hypothetical conditional	よせがきすれば	yosegaki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative