軽んじる
Japanese
editKanji in this term |
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軽 |
かろ Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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輕んじる (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
editShift from zuru verb 軽んずる (karonzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, “s-irregular conjugation”) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit軽んじる • (karonjiru) transitive ichidan (stem 軽んじ (karonji), past 軽んじた (karonjita))
- to despise, to scorn, to slight, to look down on
- 命を軽んじる
- inochi o karonjiru
- to disregard life
- 命を軽んじる
Conjugation
editConjugation of "軽んじる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 軽んじ | かろんじ | karonji | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 軽んじ | かろんじ | karonji | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 軽んじる | かろんじる | karonjiru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 軽んじる | かろんじる | karonjiru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 軽んじれ | かろんじれ | karonjire | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 軽んじよ¹ 軽んじろ² |
かろんじよ¹ かろんじろ² |
karonjiyo¹ karonjiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 軽んじられる | かろんじられる | karonjirareru | |
Causative | 軽んじさせる 軽んじさす |
かろんじさせる かろんじさす |
karonjisaseru karonjisasu | |
Potential | 軽んじられる 軽んじれる³ |
かろんじられる かろんじれる³ |
karonjirareru karonjireru³ | |
Volitional | 軽んじよう | かろんじよう | karonjiyō | |
Negative | 軽んじない 軽んじぬ 軽んじん |
かろんじない かろんじぬ かろんじん |
karonjinai karonjinu karonjin | |
Negative continuative | 軽んじず | かろんじず | karonjizu | |
Formal | 軽んじます | かろんじます | karonjimasu | |
Perfective | 軽んじた | かろんじた | karonjita | |
Conjunctive | 軽んじて | かろんじて | karonjite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 軽んじれば | かろんじれば | karonjireba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN