已然形

Japanese

Kanji in this term
已	然	形
い Jinmeiyō	ぜん Grade: 4	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) いぜんけー [ìzéńkéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [izẽ̞ŋke̞ː]

Noun

已(い)然(ぜん)形(けい) • (izenkei) 

1. (grammar) a verbal inflectional category; the realis form as used in classical Japanese. Indicates that something is already the case, or is in the process of happening. The 已然形 has evolved into the 仮定形 (conditional form) now used in modern Japanese.

Related terms

• 仮定形(かていけい) (kateikei, “conditional”)
• 終止形(しゅうしけい) (shūshikei, “conclusive”)
• 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei, “irrealis”)
• 命令形(めいれいけい) (meireikei, “imperative”)
• 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
• 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive”)

See also

• 仮定形

References

• Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224
• Kokugo Dai Jiten Dictionary. Shinsou-ban (Revised edition), Shogakukan, 1988