終止形

終止形

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終	止	形
しゅう Grade: 3	し Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) しゅうしけー [shùúshíkéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝː̥ɕike̞ː]

Noun

終止形 (hiragana しゅうしけい, rōmaji shūshikei, historical hiragana しゆうしけい)

1. (grammar) an inflectional category; the conclusive form (the form used at the ends of clauses in predicate positions)

See also

• 未 (み)然 (ぜん)形 (けい) (mizenkei, “irrealis”)
• 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
• 連体形 (れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive”)
• 已 (い)然 (ぜん)形 (けい) (izenkei, “realis”)
• 仮 (か)定 (てい)形 (けい) (kateikei, “conditional”)
• 命 (めい)令 (れい)形 (けい) (meireikei, “imperative”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224