滅絶
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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滅 | 絶 |
めつ Grade: S | ぜつ Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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滅絕 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) めつぜつ [mètsúzétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [me̞t͡sɨᵝze̞t͡sɨᵝ]
Noun
滅絶 • (metsuzetsu) ←めつぜつ (metuzetu)?
- (literary) extermination and eradication
Verb
滅絶する • (metsuzetsu suru) ←めつぜつ (metuzetu)? suru (stem 滅絶し (metsuzetsu shi), past 滅絶した (metsuzetsu shita))
- (literary) to exterminate and eradicate
Conjugation
Conjugation of "滅絶する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 滅絶し | めつぜつし | metsuzetsu shi | |
Continuative (連用形) | 滅絶し | めつぜつし | metsuzetsu shi | |
Terminal (終止形) | 滅絶する | めつぜつする | metsuzetsu suru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 滅絶する | めつぜつする | metsuzetsu suru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 滅絶すれ | めつぜつすれ | metsuzetsu sure | |
Imperative (命令形) | 滅絶せよ¹ 滅絶しろ² | めつぜつせよ¹ めつぜつしろ² | metsuzetsu seyo¹ metsuzetsu shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 滅絶される | めつぜつされる | metsuzetsu sareru | |
Causative | 滅絶させる 滅絶さす | めつぜつさせる めつぜつさす | metsuzetsu saseru metsuzetsu sasu | |
Potential | 滅絶できる | めつぜつできる | metsuzetsu dekiru | |
Volitional | 滅絶しよう | めつぜつしよう | metsuzetsu shiyō | |
Negative | 滅絶しない | めつぜつしない | metsuzetsu shinai | |
Negative continuative | 滅絶せず | めつぜつせず | metsuzetsu sezu | |
Formal | 滅絶します | めつぜつします | metsuzetsu shimasu | |
Perfective | 滅絶した | めつぜつした | metsuzetsu shita | |
Conjunctive | 滅絶して | めつぜつして | metsuzetsu shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 滅絶すれば | めつぜつすれば | metsuzetsu sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN