牽制
See also: 牵制
Chinese
lead along | system; to make; to manufacture system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate | ||
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trad. (牽制) | 牽 | 制 | |
simp. (牵制) | 牵 | 制 |
Pronunciation
Verb
牽制
- (figurative) to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
- (baseball) to stop a runner from stealing a base by throwing the baseball to the man on base
Synonyms
- (to pin down): 拖 (tuō)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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牽 | 制 |
けん Jinmeiyō | せい Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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けん制 |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) けんせー [kèńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]
Noun
牽制 • (kensei)
- restraint, a check
Descendants
- Korean: 겐세이 (gensei)
Verb
牽制する • (kensei suru) transitive suru (stem 牽制し (kensei shi), past 牽制した (kensei shita))
- restrain, constrain
Conjugation
Conjugation of "牽制する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 牽制し | けんせいし | kensei shi | |
Continuative (連用形) | 牽制し | けんせいし | kensei shi | |
Terminal (終止形) | 牽制する | けんせいする | kensei suru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 牽制する | けんせいする | kensei suru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 牽制すれ | けんせいすれ | kensei sure | |
Imperative (命令形) | 牽制せよ¹ 牽制しろ² | けんせいせよ¹ けんせいしろ² | kensei seyo¹ kensei shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 牽制される | けんせいされる | kensei sareru | |
Causative | 牽制させる 牽制さす | けんせいさせる けんせいさす | kensei saseru kensei sasu | |
Potential | 牽制できる | けんせいできる | kensei dekiru | |
Volitional | 牽制しよう | けんせいしよう | kensei shiyō | |
Negative | 牽制しない | けんせいしない | kensei shinai | |
Negative continuative | 牽制せず | けんせいせず | kensei sezu | |
Formal | 牽制します | けんせいします | kensei shimasu | |
Perfective | 牽制した | けんせいした | kensei shita | |
Conjunctive | 牽制して | けんせいして | kensei shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 牽制すれば | けんせいすれば | kensei sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN