曲説
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 曲 | 説 |
| きょく Grade: 3 | せつ Grade: 4 |
| kan’on | |
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 曲說 (MC kʰɨok̚ ɕiuᴇt̚, literally “bent + explanation”), although possibly a borrowing from written Chinese 曲說. First cited to a text from 1768.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝse̞t͡sɨᵝ]
Noun
曲説 • (kyokusetsu) (kyūjitai 曲說, historical kana きよくせつ)
- [from 1768] a bent or biased explanation or theory of something: a distortion, a twisted account of something
Verb
曲説する • (kyokusetsu suru) suru (stem 曲説し (kyokusetsu shi), past 曲説した (kyokusetsu shita), kyūjitai 曲說, historical kana きよくせつする)
- [from 1768] to explain or theorize about something in a bent or biased manner: to distort or twist a description of something
Inflection
Conjugation of "曲説する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 曲説し | きょくせつし | kyokusetsu shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 曲説し | きょくせつし | kyokusetsu shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 曲説する | きょくせつする | kyokusetsu suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 曲説する | きょくせつする | kyokusetsu suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 曲説すれ | きょくせつすれ | kyokusetsu sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 曲説せよ¹ 曲説しろ² | きょくせつせよ¹ きょくせつしろ² | kyokusetsu seyo¹ kyokusetsu shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 曲説される | きょくせつされる | kyokusetsu sareru | |
| Causative | 曲説させる 曲説さす | きょくせつさせる きょくせつさす | kyokusetsu saseru kyokusetsu sasu | |
| Potential | 曲説できる | きょくせつできる | kyokusetsu dekiru | |
| Volitional | 曲説しよう | きょくせつしよう | kyokusetsu shiyō | |
| Negative | 曲説しない | きょくせつしない | kyokusetsu shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 曲説せず | きょくせつせず | kyokusetsu sezu | |
| Formal | 曲説します | きょくせつします | kyokusetsu shimasu | |
| Perfective | 曲説した | きょくせつした | kyokusetsu shita | |
| Conjunctive | 曲説して | きょくせつして | kyokusetsu shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 曲説すれば | きょくせつすれば | kyokusetsu sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN