てかげん
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 手加減 |
Etymology
From 手 (te) + 加減 (kagen).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) てかげん [tèkáꜜgèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [te̞ka̠ɡẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
てかげん • (tekagen) ←てかげん (tekagen)?
- going easy; allowance
Synonyms
- てごころ (tegokoro)
Verb
てかげんする • (tekagen suru) ←てかげん (tekagen)? suru (stem てかげんし (tekagen shi), past てかげんした (tekagen shita))
- to go easy
Conjugation
Conjugation of "てかげんする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | てかげんし | tekagen shi | ||
| Continuative (連用形) | てかげんし | tekagen shi | ||
| Terminal (終止形) | てかげんする | tekagen suru | ||
| Attributive (連体形) | てかげんする | tekagen suru | ||
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | てかげんすれ | tekagen sure | ||
| Imperative (命令形) | てかげんせよ¹ てかげんしろ² | tekagen seyo¹ tekagen shiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | てかげんされる | tekagen sareru | ||
| Causative | てかげんさせる てかげんさす | tekagen saseru tekagen sasu | ||
| Potential | てかげんできる | tekagen dekiru | ||
| Volitional | てかげんしよう | tekagen shiyō | ||
| Negative | てかげんしない | tekagen shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | てかげんせず | tekagen sezu | ||
| Formal | てかげんします | tekagen shimasu | ||
| Perfective | てかげんした | tekagen shita | ||
| Conjunctive | てかげんして | tekagen shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | てかげんすれば | tekagen sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN