予防
See also: 預防 and 豫防
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 予 | 防 |
| よ Grade: 3 | ぼう Grade: 5 |
| on’yomi | |
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) よぼー [yòbóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [jo̞bo̞ː]
Noun
予防 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 豫防, hiragana よぼう, rōmaji yobō, historical hiragana よばう)
- prevention or protection, especially from disease or natural disasters
Compounds
- 予防接種 (yobōsesshu, “immunization”)
Verb
予防する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 豫防する, hiragana よぼうする, rōmaji yobō suru, historical hiragana よばうする)
- prevent disease or suffering due to natural disasters
Conjugation
Conjugation of "予防する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 予防し | よぼうし | yobō shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 予防し | よぼうし | yobō shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 予防する | よぼうする | yobō suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 予防する | よぼうする | yobō suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 予防すれ | よぼうすれ | yobō sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 予防せよ¹ 予防しろ² | よぼうせよ¹ よぼうしろ² | yobō seyo¹ yobō shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 予防される | よぼうされる | yobō sareru | |
| Causative | 予防させる 予防さす | よぼうさせる よぼうさす | yobō saseru yobō sasu | |
| Potential | 予防できる | よぼうできる | yobō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 予防しよう | よぼうしよう | yobō shiyō | |
| Negative | 予防しない | よぼうしない | yobō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 予防せず | よぼうせず | yobō sezu | |
| Formal | 予防します | よぼうします | yobō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 予防した | よぼうした | yobō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 予防して | よぼうして | yobō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 予防すれば | よぼうすれば | yobō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.