口寄せ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 口 | 寄 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 5 |
Etymology
Compound of 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) + 寄せ (yose, “drawing near”), the stem noun form of verb 寄せる (yoseru, “to make something draw near”).
Noun
口寄せ (hiragana くちよせ, rōmaji kuchiyose)
- spiritualism, spiritism: channelling, summoning spirits and giving them a voice
- a medium, a spiritualist
Synonyms
- 降霊 (kōrei): calling the spirits of the dead
- 交霊 (kōrei): communicating with the spirits of the dead
- 霊媒 (reibai): spirit medium
- 神媒 (shinbai): divine medium
- 神降 (kamioroshi)
- 天降 (amakudari)
- 憑依 (hyōi): spirit possession
Derived terms
- 口寄巫女 (kuchiyose miko): a miko acting as a medium
Verb
口寄せする (hiragana くちよせする, rōmaji kuchiyose suru)
- to act as a medium, to communicate with spirits, to give voice to the dead
Conjugation
Conjugation of "口寄せする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 口寄せし | くちよせし | kuchiyose shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 口寄せし | くちよせし | kuchiyose shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 口寄せする | くちよせする | kuchiyose suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 口寄せする | くちよせする | kuchiyose suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 口寄せすれ | くちよせすれ | kuchiyose sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 口寄せせよ¹ 口寄せしろ² | くちよせせよ¹ くちよせしろ² | kuchiyose seyo¹ kuchiyose shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 口寄せされる | くちよせされる | kuchiyose sareru | |
| Causative | 口寄せさせる 口寄せさす | くちよせさせる くちよせさす | kuchiyose saseru kuchiyose sasu | |
| Potential | 口寄せできる | くちよせできる | kuchiyose dekiru | |
| Volitional | 口寄せしよう | くちよせしよう | kuchiyose shiyō | |
| Negative | 口寄せしない | くちよせしない | kuchiyose shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 口寄せせず | くちよせせず | kuchiyose sezu | |
| Formal | 口寄せします | くちよせします | kuchiyose shimasu | |
| Perfective | 口寄せした | くちよせした | kuchiyose shita | |
| Conjunctive | 口寄せして | くちよせして | kuchiyose shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 口寄せすれば | くちよせすれば | kuchiyose sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||