"活動" meaning in Japanese

See 活動 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠t͡sɨdo̞ː] Forms: 活動 [canonical] (ruby: (かつ), (どう)), katsudō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|かつどう}} 活(かつ)動(どう) • (katsudō)
  1. activity, work, operation Derived forms: 活動家 (katsudōka) (ruby: 活動(かつどう), ()) (english: activist), 活動度 (katsudōdo) (ruby: 活動(かつどう), ()), 部活動 (bukatsudō) (ruby: (), 活動(かつどう)) (english: extracurricular activity), 地下活動 (chika katsudō) (ruby: 地下(ちか), 活動(かつどう)) (english: underground activity)
    Sense id: en-活動-ja-noun-r0jFOq5A Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 57 43

Verb

IPA: [ka̠t͡sɨdo̞ː]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|かつどう}} 活(かつ)動(どう)する • (katsudō suru) suru (stem 活(かつ)動(どう)し (katsudō shi), past 活(かつ)動(どう)した (katsudō shita)) Forms: 活動する [canonical] (ruby: (かつ), (どう)), katsudō suru [romanization], 活動し [stem] (ruby: (かつ), (どう)), 活動した [past] (ruby: (かつ), (どう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 活動し [error-unrecognized-form], かつどうし [error-unrecognized-form], katsudō shi [error-unrecognized-form], 活動する [error-unrecognized-form], かつどうする [error-unrecognized-form], katsudō suru [error-unrecognized-form], 活動すれ [error-unrecognized-form], かつどうすれ [error-unrecognized-form], katsudō sure [error-unrecognized-form], 活動せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 活動しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], かつどうせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], かつどうしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], katsudō seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], katsudō shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 活動される [passive], かつどうされる [passive], katsudō sareru [passive], 活動させる [causative], 活動さす [causative], かつどうさせる [causative], かつどうさす [causative], katsudō saseru [causative], katsudō sasu [causative], 活動できる [potential], かつどうできる [potential], katsudō dekiru [potential], 活動しよう [volitional], かつどうしよう [volitional], katsudō shiyō [volitional], 活動しない [negative], かつどうしない [negative], katsudō shinai [negative], 活動せず [continuative, negative], かつどうせず [continuative, negative], katsudō sezu [continuative, negative], 活動します [formal], かつどうします [formal], katsudō shimasu [formal], 活動した [perfective], かつどうした [perfective], katsudō shita [perfective], 活動して [conjunctive], かつどうして [conjunctive], katsudō shite [conjunctive], 活動すれば [conditional, hypothetical], かつどうすれば [conditional, hypothetical], katsudō sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to act, to operate, to work
    Sense id: en-活動-ja-verb-mWAoCkJv Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 70
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "活動",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かつどう"
      },
      "expansion": "活(かつ)動(どう) • (katsudō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "activist",
          "roman": "katsudōka",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "活動",
              "かつどう"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "活動家"
        },
        {
          "roman": "katsudōdo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "活動",
              "かつどう"
            ],
            [
              "度",
              "ど"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "活動度"
        },
        {
          "english": "extracurricular activity",
          "roman": "bukatsudō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "部",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "活動",
              "かつどう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "部活動"
        },
        {
          "english": "underground activity",
          "roman": "chika katsudō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地下",
              "ちか"
            ],
            [
              "活動",
              "かつどう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地下活動"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Um, if you're going to go about that work, you might want to use this as an example.",
          "ref": "1921, 牧野信一, 失題",
          "roman": "“Ano, katsudō no nara kochira ni mihon ga gozaimasu kara, dōzo.”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "活動",
              "かつどう"
            ],
            [
              "見本",
              "みほん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「あの、活動のならこちらに見本がございますから、どうぞ。」"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "activity, work, operation"
      ],
      "id": "en-活動-ja-noun-r0jFOq5A",
      "links": [
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "operation",
          "operation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かつどー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠t͡sɨdo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "活動"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "活動する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動し",
      "roman": "katsudō shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動した",
      "roman": "katsudō shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かつどう"
      },
      "expansion": "活(かつ)動(どう)する • (katsudō suru) suru (stem 活(かつ)動(どう)し (katsudō shi), past 活(かつ)動(どう)した (katsudō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can't help but think that in reality, money cannot act in any other way.",
          "ref": "1914, 夏目漱石, 私の個人主義",
          "roman": "Omowareru no desu keredomo, jissai sono tōri ni kane ga katsudō suru ijō wa itashikata ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "実際",
              "じっさい"
            ],
            [
              "通",
              "とお"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "かね"
            ],
            [
              "活動",
              "かつどう"
            ],
            [
              "以上",
              "いじょう"
            ],
            [
              "致",
              "いた"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "思われるのですけれども、実際その通りに金が活動する以上は致し方がない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act, to operate, to work"
      ],
      "id": "en-活動-ja-verb-mWAoCkJv",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かつどー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠t͡sɨdo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "活動"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "activist",
      "roman": "katsudōka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活動",
          "かつどう"
        ],
        [
          "家",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "活動家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katsudōdo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活動",
          "かつどう"
        ],
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          "度",
          "ど"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "活動度"
    },
    {
      "english": "extracurricular activity",
      "roman": "bukatsudō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "部",
          "ぶ"
        ],
        [
          "活動",
          "かつどう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "部活動"
    },
    {
      "english": "underground activity",
      "roman": "chika katsudō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "地下",
          "ちか"
        ],
        [
          "活動",
          "かつどう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "地下活動"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "活動",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かつどう"
      },
      "expansion": "活(かつ)動(どう) • (katsudō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Um, if you're going to go about that work, you might want to use this as an example.",
          "ref": "1921, 牧野信一, 失題",
          "roman": "“Ano, katsudō no nara kochira ni mihon ga gozaimasu kara, dōzo.”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "活動",
              "かつどう"
            ],
            [
              "見本",
              "みほん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「あの、活動のならこちらに見本がございますから、どうぞ。」"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "activity, work, operation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "operation",
          "operation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かつどー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠t͡sɨdo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "活動"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "活動する",
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          "動",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō suru",
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        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "活動し",
      "roman": "katsudō shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動した",
      "roman": "katsudō shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "活動すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かつどうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katsudō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かつどう"
      },
      "expansion": "活(かつ)動(どう)する • (katsudō suru) suru (stem 活(かつ)動(どう)し (katsudō shi), past 活(かつ)動(どう)した (katsudō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can't help but think that in reality, money cannot act in any other way.",
          "ref": "1914, 夏目漱石, 私の個人主義",
          "roman": "Omowareru no desu keredomo, jissai sono tōri ni kane ga katsudō suru ijō wa itashikata ga nai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "実際",
              "じっさい"
            ],
            [
              "通",
              "とお"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "かね"
            ],
            [
              "活動",
              "かつどう"
            ],
            [
              "以上",
              "いじょう"
            ],
            [
              "致",
              "いた"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "かた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "思われるのですけれども、実際その通りに金が活動する以上は致し方がない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to act, to operate, to work"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かつどー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠t͡sɨdo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "活動"
}

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  "path": [
    "活動"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "活動",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "活動"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "活動"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "活動",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "活動"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "活動",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "活動"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "活動",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
    "活動"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "活動",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "活動"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "活動",
  "trace": ""
}

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