劣後

Japanese

Kanji in this term
劣	後
れつ Grade: S	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れ​つご [réꜜtsùgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞t͡sɨᵝɡo̞]

Noun

劣(れつ)後(ご) • (retsugo) 

1. something that is subordinate to something else

   劣後(れつご)債(さい)

   retsugo sai

   subordinated debt

2. something that comes after something else, something that is posterior to something else

   劣後(れつご)株(かぶ)

   retsugo kabu

   follow-on stock, stock that is issued after the initial offering

Verb

劣(れつ)後(ご)する • (retsugo suru) suru (stem 劣(れつ)後(ご)し (retsugo shi), past 劣(れつ)後(ご)した (retsugo shita))

1. to be subordinate to something

   法律(ほうりつ)は憲法(けんぽう)に劣後(れつご)する

   hōritsu wa kenpō ni retsugosuru

   laws are subordinate to the constitution

2. to come after something, to be posterior to something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "劣後する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	劣後し	れつごし	retsugo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	劣後し	れつごし	retsugo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	劣後する	れつごする	retsugo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	劣後する	れつごする	retsugo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	劣後すれ	れつごすれ	retsugo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	劣後せよ¹ 劣後しろ²	れつごせよ¹ れつごしろ²	retsugo seyo¹ retsugo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	劣後される	れつごされる	retsugo sareru
Causative	劣後させる 劣後さす	れつごさせる れつごさす	retsugo saseru retsugo sasu
Potential	劣後できる	れつごできる	retsugo dekiru
Volitional	劣後しよう	れつごしよう	retsugo shiyō
Negative	劣後しない	れつごしない	retsugo shinai
Negative continuative	劣後せず	れつごせず	retsugo sezu
Formal	劣後します	れつごします	retsugo shimasu
Perfective	劣後した	れつごした	retsugo shita
Conjunctive	劣後して	れつごして	retsugo shite
Hypothetical conditional	劣後すれば	れつごすれば	retsugo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative