貫徹

See also: 贯彻

Chinese edit

		pierce; to string	pervade; penetrate; pass through pervade; penetrate; pass through; thorough; penetrating
trad. (貫徹)		貫	徹
simp. (贯彻)		贯	彻

Earliest attested and used literally in in Great Tang Records of the Western Regions:

其夜夢見毘沙門天曰：「汝有何力敢壞伽藍？」因以長戟貫徹胸背。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
其夜梦见毗沙门天曰：「汝有何力敢坏伽蓝？」因以长戟贯彻胸背。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: Xuanzang, Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, 646 CE, translated based on Samuel Beal's version
Qí yè mèng jiàn Píshāméntiān yuē: “Rǔ yǒu hélì gǎn huài gālán?” Yīn yǐ chángjǐ guànchè xiōngbèi. [Pinyin]
[I]n the night he had a dream. He saw Vaisravana Deva, who addressed him thus: "What power do you possess that you dare (to intend) to overthrow this convent?" and then hurling his lance, he transfixed him with it..

貫徹

Sino-Xenic (貫徹):

貫(かん)徹(てつ) • (kantetsu) ^{←くわんてつ (kwantetu)^?}

execute thoroughly
初志(しょし)貫徹(かんてつ)
shoshi kantetsu
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貫(かん)徹(てつ)する • (kantetsu suru) ^{←くわんてつ (kwantetu)^?}suru (stem 貫(かん)徹(てつ)し (kantetsu shi), past 貫(かん)徹(てつ)した (kantetsu shita))

Conjugation of "貫徹する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	貫徹し	かんてつし	kantetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	貫徹し	かんてつし	kantetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	貫徹する	かんてつする	kantetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	貫徹する	かんてつする	kantetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	貫徹すれ	かんてつすれ	kantetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	貫徹せよ¹ 貫徹しろ²	かんてつせよ¹ かんてつしろ²	kantetsu seyo¹ kantetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	貫徹される	かんてつされる	kantetsu sareru
Causative	貫徹させる貫徹さす	かんてつさせるかんてつさす	kantetsu saseru kantetsu sasu
Potential	貫徹できる	かんてつできる	kantetsu dekiru
Volitional	貫徹しよう	かんてつしよう	kantetsu shiyō
Negative	貫徹しない	かんてつしない	kantetsu shinai
Negative continuative	貫徹せず	かんてつせず	kantetsu sezu
Formal	貫徹します	かんてつします	kantetsu shimasu
Perfective	貫徹した	かんてつした	kantetsu shita
Conjunctive	貫徹して	かんてつして	kantetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	貫徹すれば	かんてつすれば	kantetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative