示す
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 示 |
| しめ Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi |
Verb
示す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana しめす, rōmaji shimesu)
- to show, to have somebody see
- to display, to show, to demonstrate
- to indicate, point out, to denote
- to indicate (for a measuring device such as a clock to show a value)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "示す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 示さ | しめさ | shimesa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 示し | しめし | shimeshi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 示す | しめす | shimesu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 示す | しめす | shimesu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 示せ | しめせ | shimese |
| Imperative (命令形) | 示せ | しめせ | shimese |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 示される | しめされる | shimesareru |
| Causative | 示させる 示さす | しめさせる しめさす | shimesaseru shimesasu |
| Potential | 示せる | しめせる | shimeseru |
| Volitional | 示そう | しめそう | shimesō |
| Negative | 示さない | しめさない | shimesanai |
| Negative continuative | 示さず | しめさず | shimesazu |
| Formal | 示します | しめします | shimeshimasu |
| Perfective | 示した | しめした | shimeshita |
| Conjunctive | 示して | しめして | shimeshite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 示せば | しめせば | shimeseba |
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.