Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
應じる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Shift from verb (おう)ずる (ōzuru), 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

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「応じる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
応じる ーじる [òójírú]
Imperative (命令形) 応じろ ーじろ [òójíró]
Key constructions
Passive 応じられる ーじられる [òójírárérú]
Causative 応じさせる ーじさせる [òójísásérú]
Potential 応じられる ーじられる [òójírárérú]
Volitional 応じよう ーじよ [òójíyóꜜò]
Negative 応じない ーじない [òójínáí]
Negative perfective 応じなかった ーじなかった [òójínáꜜkàttà]
Formal 応じます ーじま [òójímáꜜsù]
Perfective 応じた ーじた [òójítá]
Conjunctive 応じて ーじて [òójíté]
Hypothetical conditional 応じれば ーじれ [òójíréꜜbà]

Verb

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(おう)じる (ōjiruintransitive ichidan (stem (おう) (ōji), past (おう)じた (ōjita))

  1. satisfy, meet
  2. comply with, obey
  3. answer, respond

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN