Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ぜん
Grade: S
た > だ
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

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From (ぜん) (zen) + () (tate, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()てる (tateru).). The tate changes to date as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぜん)() (zendateぜんだて (zendate)?

  1. setting out a meal on a table

Verb

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(ぜん)()する (zendate suruぜんだて (zendate)?suru (stem (ぜん)() (zendate shi), past (ぜん)()した (zendate shita))

  1. to set out a meal on a table

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