滅金
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 滅 | 金 |
| めつ > めっ Grade: S | きん > き Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, “gold-mercury amalgam used in plating”).[1]
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) めっき [mèkkí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [me̞k̚ʲkʲi]
Alternative forms
- 鍍金
Noun
滅金 (hiragana めっき, katakana メッキ, rōmaji mekki)
- plating, gilding
- pretense
Verb
滅金する (hiragana めっきする, katakana メッキする, rōmaji mekki suru)
- plate
Conjugation
Conjugation of "滅金する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 滅金し | めっきし | mekki shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 滅金し | めっきし | mekki shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 滅金する | めっきする | mekki suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 滅金する | めっきする | mekki suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 滅金すれ | めっきすれ | mekki sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 滅金せよ¹ 滅金しろ² | めっきせよ¹ めっきしろ² | mekki seyo¹ mekki shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 滅金される | めっきされる | mekki sareru | |
| Causative | 滅金させる 滅金さす | めっきさせる めっきさす | mekki saseru mekki sasu | |
| Potential | 滅金できる | めっきできる | mekki dekiru | |
| Volitional | 滅金しよう | めっきしよう | mekki shiyō | |
| Negative | 滅金しない | めっきしない | mekki shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 滅金せず | めっきせず | mekki sezu | |
| Formal | 滅金します | めっきします | mekki shimasu | |
| Perfective | 滅金した | めっきした | mekki shita | |
| Conjunctive | 滅金して | めっきして | mekki shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 滅金すれば | めっきすれば | mekki sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 滅 | 金 |
| めつ Grade: S | きん Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
滅 (metsu, “destroy”) + 金 (kin, “gold”)
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) めつきん [mètsúkíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [me̞t͡sɨᵝkʲĩɴ]
Noun
滅金 (hiragana めつきん, rōmaji metsukin)
- gold-mercury amalgam used in plating
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