固持
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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固 | 持 |
こ Grade: 4 | じ Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
*/kodi/ → /kod͡ʑi/
From Middle Chinese 固持 (MC kuoH ɖɨ, literally “firmly, solidly + hold, grasp”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こじ [kóꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ko̞ʑi]
Noun
固持 (hiragana こじ, rōmaji koji, historical hiragana こぢ)
- tenacity or persistence, standing one's ground, holding fast to an assertion or belief
Verb
固持する (intransitive, hiragana こじする, rōmaji koji suru, historical hiragana こぢする)
- to be tenacious, to persist, to stand one's ground, to hold fast to an assertion or belief
Conjugation
Conjugation of "固持する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 固持し | こじし | koji shi | |
Continuative (連用形) | 固持し | こじし | koji shi | |
Terminal (終止形) | 固持する | こじする | koji suru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 固持する | こじする | koji suru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 固持すれ | こじすれ | koji sure | |
Imperative (命令形) | 固持せよ¹ 固持しろ² | こじせよ¹ こじしろ² | koji seyo¹ koji shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 固持される | こじされる | koji sareru | |
Causative | 固持させる 固持さす | こじさせる こじさす | koji saseru koji sasu | |
Potential | 固持できる | こじできる | koji dekiru | |
Volitional | 固持しよう | こじしよう | koji shiyō | |
Negative | 固持しない | こじしない | koji shinai | |
Negative continuative | 固持せず | こじせず | koji sezu | |
Formal | 固持します | こじします | koji shimasu | |
Perfective | 固持した | こじした | koji shita | |
Conjunctive | 固持して | こじして | koji shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 固持すれば | こじすれば | koji sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN