講じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
講
こう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Shift from verb 講(こう)ずる (kōzuru), 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

• (Tokyo) こーじる [kòójírú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) こーじる [kòójíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːʑiɾɯ̟]

Verb

講(こう)じる • (kōjiru) transitive ichidan (stem 講(こう)じ (kōji), past 講(こう)じた (kōjita))

1. to take measures; to work out a plan​

   措置(そち)を講(こう)じる

   sochi o kōjiru

   to take measures

2. to lecture; to read aloud​
3. to confer​

Conjugation

Conjugation of "講じる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	講じ	こうじ	kōji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	講じ	こうじ	kōji
Shūshikei ("terminal")	講じる	こうじる	kōjiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	講じる	こうじる	kōjiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	講じれ	こうじれ	kōjire
Meireikei ("imperative")	講じよ¹ 講じろ²	こうじよ¹ こうじろ²	kōjiyo¹ kōjiro²
Key constructions
Passive	講じられる	こうじられる	kōjirareru
Causative	講じさせる 講じさす	こうじさせる こうじさす	kōjisaseru kōjisasu
Potential	講じられる 講じれる³	こうじられる こうじれる³	kōjirareru kōjireru³
Volitional	講じよう	こうじよう	kōjiyō
Negative	講じない 講じぬ 講じん	こうじない こうじぬ こうじん	kōjinai kōjinu kōjin
Negative continuative	講じず	こうじず	kōjizu
Formal	講じます	こうじます	kōjimasu
Perfective	講じた	こうじた	kōjita
Conjunctive	講じて	こうじて	kōjite
Hypothetical conditional	講じれば	こうじれば	kōjireba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

See also

• 講(こう)ずる (kōzuru)