"連用" meaning in Japanese

See 連用 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɾẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː] Forms: 連用 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (れん), (よう)), ren'yō [romanization], ren'you [romanization], れんよう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|れんよう|hhira=れんよう}} 連(れん)用(よう) • (ren'yō) ^(←れんよう (ren'you)?)
  1. continuous use; continuous application Derived forms: 連用形 (ren'yōkei) (ruby: 連用形(れんようけい))
    Sense id: en-連用-ja-noun-v1cXspgh Categories (other): Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 55 45

Verb

IPA: [ɾẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|れんよう|hhira=れんよう|tr=trans}} 連(れん)用(よう)する • (ren'yō suru) ^(←れんよう (ren'you)?)transitive suru (stem 連(れん)用(よう)し (ren'yō shi), past 連(れん)用(よう)した (ren'yō shita)) Forms: 連用する ^transitive suru [canonical] (ruby: (れん), (よう)), ren'yō suru [romanization], ren'you [romanization], 連用し [stem] (ruby: (れん), (よう)), 連用した [past] (ruby: (れん), (よう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 連用し [error-unrecognized-form], れんようし [error-unrecognized-form], ren'yō shi [error-unrecognized-form], 連用する [error-unrecognized-form], れんようする [error-unrecognized-form], ren'yō suru [error-unrecognized-form], 連用すれ [error-unrecognized-form], れんようすれ [error-unrecognized-form], ren'yō sure [error-unrecognized-form], 連用せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 連用しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], れんようせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], れんようしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ren'yō seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ren'yō shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 連用される [passive], れんようされる [passive], ren'yō sareru [passive], 連用させる [causative], 連用さす [causative], れんようさせる [causative], れんようさす [causative], ren'yō saseru [causative], ren'yō sasu [causative], 連用できる [potential], れんようできる [potential], ren'yō dekiru [potential], 連用しよう [volitional], れんようしよう [volitional], ren'yō shiyō [volitional], 連用しない [negative], れんようしない [negative], ren'yō shinai [negative], 連用せず [continuative, negative], れんようせず [continuative, negative], ren'yō sezu [continuative, negative], 連用します [formal], れんようします [formal], ren'yō shimasu [formal], 連用した [perfective], れんようした [perfective], ren'yō shita [perfective], 連用して [conjunctive], れんようして [conjunctive], ren'yō shite [conjunctive], 連用すれば [conditional, hypothetical], れんようすれば [conditional, hypothetical], ren'yō sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. use continuously
    Sense id: en-連用-ja-verb-wALeS4sn Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 70
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "連用 ^",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'you",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんよう",
      "roman": "ren'you",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "れんよう",
        "hhira": "れんよう"
      },
      "expansion": "連(れん)用(よう) • (ren'yō) ^(←れんよう (ren'you)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "ren'yōkei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "連用形",
              "れんようけい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "連用形"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "continuous use; continuous application"
      ],
      "id": "en-連用-ja-noun-v1cXspgh",
      "links": [
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "application",
          "application"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "れんよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "連用"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "連用する ^transitive suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'you",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用し",
      "roman": "ren'yō shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用した",
      "roman": "ren'yō shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "れんよう",
        "hhira": "れんよう",
        "tr": "trans"
      },
      "expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)する • (ren'yō suru) ^(←れんよう (ren'you)?)transitive suru (stem 連(れん)用(よう)し (ren'yō shi), past 連(れん)用(よう)した (ren'yō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              57,
              59
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              67,
              74
            ],
            [
              84,
              87
            ],
            [
              166,
              169
            ],
            [
              287,
              290
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In addition, there are reports and research results that show that regular cannabis use can have negative effects, including cannabis dependence, and that continuous use during adolescence or early adulthood can increase the risk of dropping out of school, cognitive impairment, illegal use of other drugs, and depressive symptoms.",
          "ref": "2023 December 5, 城克文 [Katsufumi Jō], quotee, “第212回国会 参議院 厚生労働委員会 第5号 令和5年12月5日 [212th Diet, House of Councillors, Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare, No. 5, December 5, 2023]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 27 Sep 2025:",
          "roman": "Mata, teikiteki ni taima o shiyō suru koto ni yoru akueikyō to ita shimashite wa, taima ni taisuru izon no hoka, seishōnenki ya seijingo no wakai jiki ni ren'yō suru baai ni wa, gakkō chūtai, ninshiki kinō shōgai, sono hoka no yakubutsu no ihō shiyō, yokuutsu shōjō nado no risuku ga takamaru to itta hōkoku ya kenkyū kekka mo aru tokoro de gozai masu.",
          "text": "また、定期的に大麻を使用することによる悪影響といたしましては、大麻に対する依存のほか、青少年期や成人後の若い時期に連用する場合には、学校中退、認識機能障害、その他の薬物の違法使用、抑うつ症状などのリスクが高まるといった報告や研究結果もあるところでございます。",
          "translation": "In addition, there are reports and research results that show that regular cannabis use can have negative effects, including cannabis dependence, and that continuous use during adolescence or early adulthood can increase the risk of dropping out of school, cognitive impairment, illegal use of other drugs, and depressive symptoms.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "use continuously"
      ],
      "id": "en-連用-ja-verb-wALeS4sn",
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "れんよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "連用"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ren'yōkei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連用形",
          "れんようけい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "連用形"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "連用 ^",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'you",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんよう",
      "roman": "ren'you",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "れんよう",
        "hhira": "れんよう"
      },
      "expansion": "連(れん)用(よう) • (ren'yō) ^(←れんよう (ren'you)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "continuous use; continuous application"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "application",
          "application"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "れんよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "連用"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "連用する ^transitive suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'you",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用し",
      "roman": "ren'yō shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用した",
      "roman": "ren'yō shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "用",
          "よう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "れんようすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ren'yō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "れんよう",
        "hhira": "れんよう",
        "tr": "trans"
      },
      "expansion": "連(れん)用(よう)する • (ren'yō suru) ^(←れんよう (ren'you)?)transitive suru (stem 連(れん)用(よう)し (ren'yō shi), past 連(れん)用(よう)した (ren'yō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              57,
              59
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              67,
              74
            ],
            [
              84,
              87
            ],
            [
              166,
              169
            ],
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              287,
              290
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In addition, there are reports and research results that show that regular cannabis use can have negative effects, including cannabis dependence, and that continuous use during adolescence or early adulthood can increase the risk of dropping out of school, cognitive impairment, illegal use of other drugs, and depressive symptoms.",
          "ref": "2023 December 5, 城克文 [Katsufumi Jō], quotee, “第212回国会 参議院 厚生労働委員会 第5号 令和5年12月5日 [212th Diet, House of Councillors, Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare, No. 5, December 5, 2023]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 27 Sep 2025:",
          "roman": "Mata, teikiteki ni taima o shiyō suru koto ni yoru akueikyō to ita shimashite wa, taima ni taisuru izon no hoka, seishōnenki ya seijingo no wakai jiki ni ren'yō suru baai ni wa, gakkō chūtai, ninshiki kinō shōgai, sono hoka no yakubutsu no ihō shiyō, yokuutsu shōjō nado no risuku ga takamaru to itta hōkoku ya kenkyū kekka mo aru tokoro de gozai masu.",
          "text": "また、定期的に大麻を使用することによる悪影響といたしましては、大麻に対する依存のほか、青少年期や成人後の若い時期に連用する場合には、学校中退、認識機能障害、その他の薬物の違法使用、抑うつ症状などのリスクが高まるといった報告や研究結果もあるところでございます。",
          "translation": "In addition, there are reports and research results that show that regular cannabis use can have negative effects, including cannabis dependence, and that continuous use during adolescence or early adulthood can increase the risk of dropping out of school, cognitive impairment, illegal use of other drugs, and depressive symptoms.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "use continuously"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "れんよー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɾẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "連用"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 連用 meaning in Japanese (9.3kB)

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