開く

ja-verb

開(ひら)く • (hiraku) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 開(ひら)き (hiraki), past 開(ひら)いた (hiraita))

開く (canonical)
hiraku (romanization)
開き (stem)
開いた (past)
開か
ひらか
hiraka
開き
ひらき
hiraki
開く
ひらく
hiraku
開け
ひらけ
hirake
開かれる (passive)
ひらかれる (passive)
hirakareru (passive)
開かせる (causative)
開かす (causative)
ひらかせる (causative)
ひらかす (causative)
hirakaseru (causative)
hirakasu (causative)
開ける (potential)
ひらける (potential)
hirakeru (potential)
開こう (volitional)
ひらこう (volitional)
hirakō (volitional)
開かない (negative)
ひらかない (negative)
hirakanai (negative)
開かず (continuative negative)
ひらかず (continuative negative)
hirakazu (continuative negative)
開きます (formal)
ひらきます (formal)
hirakimasu (formal)
開いた (perfective)
ひらいた (perfective)
hiraita (perfective)
開いて (conjunctive)
ひらいて (conjunctive)
hiraite (conjunctive)
開けば (conditional hypothetical)
ひらけば (conditional hypothetical)
hirakeba (conditional hypothetical)
開か (irrealis stem)
ひらか (irrealis stem)
firaka (irrealis)
開き (continuative stem)
ひらき (continuative stem)
firaki (continuative)
開く (stem terminative)
ひらく (stem terminative)
firaku (terminative)
開く (attributive stem)
ひらく (attributive stem)
firaku (attributive)
開け (realis stem)
ひらけ (realis stem)
firake (realis)
開け (imperative stem)
ひらけ (imperative stem)
firake (imperative)
開かず (negative)
ひらかず (negative)
firakazu (negative)
開けど (contrastive)
ひらけど (contrastive)
firakedo (contrastive)
開けば (causative)
ひらけば (causative)
firakeba (causative)
開かば (conditional)
ひらかば (conditional)
firakaba (conditional)
開きき (past)
ひらきき (past)
firakiki (past)
開きけり (past)
ひらきけり (past)
firakikeri (past)
開きつ (perfect)
ひらきつ (perfect)
firakitu (perfect)
開きぬ (perfect)
ひらきぬ (perfect)
firakinu (perfect)
開けり (continuative perfect)
開きたり (continuative perfect)
ひらけり (continuative perfect)
ひらきたり (continuative perfect)
firakeri (continuative perfect)
firakitari (continuative perfect)
開かむ (volitional)
ひらかむ (volitional)
firakamu (volitional)

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五十音

ja-noun

五(ご)十(じゅう)音(おん) • (gojūon) ^(←ごじふおん (gozifuon)?)

五十音 (canonical)
gojūon (romanization)
gozifuon (romanization)
ごじふおん (hiragana historical)

From 五十 (gojū, “fifty”) + 音 (on, “sound”).

(phonology, orthography, grammar) all Japanese morae that can be spelled with 45 single modern kana and 2 historical kana (ゐ/ヰ and ゑ/ヱ) customarily without diacritical marks (゛ and ゜), excluding っ and ん, arranged in a 5x10 table (五十音図 (gojūonzu, literally “table of the fifty sounds”)), used for phonological and grammatical analysis


五十音順

五(ご)十(じゅう)音(おん)順(じゅん) • (gojūonjun) ^(←ごじふおんじゅん (gozifuonzyun)?)

五十音順 (canonical)
gojūonjun (romanization)
gozifuonzyun (romanization)
ごじふおんじゅん (hiragana historical)

[ɡo̞ʑɨːõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨ̃ɴ]

五十音 (literally “fifty sounds”) + 順 (“order”)

suf

Coordinate term: 伊呂波順

(orthography) the sort order for kana (historically, mainly for katakana) as arranged in the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”)


促音

(Japanese orthography) the small kana っ/ッ used to spell a moraic obstruent


送り仮名

送り仮名 (canonical)
okurigana (romanization)

[o̞kɯ̟ɾʲiɡa̠na̠]

Compound of 送り (okuri, “sending”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 送る (okuru, “to send”), from the sense of sending something afterward or adding something on the end) + 仮名 (kana, “kana”, the Japanese syllabary characters). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First cited to a text from 1477.

compound

(orthography) okurigana (in the Japanese language, the kana which follow a stem written with kanji, which record how that stem is inflected, and guides recognition of the appropriate kun'yomi reading (word stem associated with the kanji); for example, く (ku) and かべる (kaberu) in 浮(う)く (uk-u, “to float”, intransitive) and 浮(う)かべる (uk-aberu, “to float”, transitive), or む (mu) and きる (kiru) in 生(う)む (umu, “to birth”) and 生(い)きる (ikiru, “to live”))


撥音

[ha̠t͡sɨõ̞ɴ]

From 撥(はつ) (hatsu, “pick”) + 音(おん) (on, “sound”).

ja-compound

(Japanese orthography) the kana ん/ン (n) used to spell a moraic nasal


拗音

拗音 (canonical)
yōon (romanization)
euon (romanization)
えうおん (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 拗音 (ǎoyīn)

(Japanese orthography and phonology) in 和語 (wago, “native words”) and 漢語 (kango, “Classical Chinese words”), a mora that is spelt with:

one of the full-sized kana, き (ki), ぎ (gi), し (shi), じ (ji), ち (chi), ぢ (ji), に (ni), ひ (hi), び (bi), ぴ (pi), み (mi) and り (ri), followed by one the small kana, ゃ, ゅ and ょ, to represent the palatalization of the mora

one of the full-sized kana, く (ku) and ぐ (gu), followed by the small kana ゎ, to represent the historical labialization of the mora


振る

ja-verb

振(ふ)る • (furu) transitive godan (stem 振(ふ)り (furi), past 振(ふ)った (futta))

振る (canonical)
furu (romanization)
振り (stem)
振った (past)
振ら
ふら
fura
振り
ふり
furi
振る
ふる
furu
振れ
ふれ
fure
振られる (passive)
ふられる (passive)
furareru (passive)
振らせる (causative)
振らす (causative)
ふらせる (causative)
ふらす (causative)
furaseru (causative)
furasu (causative)
振れる (potential)
ふれる (potential)
fureru (potential)
振ろう (volitional)
ふろう (volitional)
furō (volitional)
振らない (negative)
ふらない (negative)
furanai (negative)
振らず (continuative negative)
ふらず (continuative negative)
furazu (continuative negative)
振ります (formal)
ふります (formal)
furimasu (formal)
振った (perfective)
ふった (perfective)
futta (perfective)
振って (conjunctive)
ふって (conjunctive)
futte (conjunctive)
振れば (conditional hypothetical)
ふれば (conditional hypothetical)
fureba (conditional hypothetical)

ルビを振る


四つ仮名

四つ仮名 (canonical)
yotsugana (romanization)

From 四(よ)つ (yotsu, “four”) + 仮名(かな) (kana, “kana”). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

(orthography) the four kana pairs of じ/ジ, ず/ズ, ぢ/ヂ and づ/ヅ, the latter two of which represent historical morae that are now pronounced identically to the former two in most major dialects


小文字

(orthography, typography) a minuscule (lower-case letter)


パッチム

二重パッチム


疑問符

[ɡʲimõ̞ɰ̃ɸɯ̟]


はてなマーク

はてな (hatena, “expression of doubt”) + マーク (māku, “mark”)


閉じる

ja-verb

閉(と)じる • (tojiru) ^(←とぢる (todiru)?)transitive or intransitive ichidan (stem 閉(と)じ (toji), past 閉(と)じた (tojita))

閉じる (canonical)
tojiru (romanization)
todiru (romanization)
閉じ (stem)
閉じた (past)
閉じ
とじ
toji
閉じる
とじる
tojiru
閉じれ
とじれ
tojire
閉じよ (imperative literary)
閉じろ (colloquial imperative)
とじよ (imperative literary)
とじろ (colloquial imperative)
tojiyo (imperative literary)
tojiro (colloquial imperative)
閉じられる (passive)
とじられる (passive)
tojirareru (passive)
閉じさせる (causative)
閉じさす (causative)
とじさせる (causative)
とじさす (causative)
tojisaseru (causative)
tojisasu (causative)
閉じられる (potential)
閉じれる (colloquial potential)
とじられる (potential)
とじれる (colloquial potential)
tojirareru (potential)
tojireru (colloquial potential)
閉じよう (volitional)
とじよう (volitional)
tojiyō (volitional)
閉じない (negative)
閉じぬ (negative)
閉じん (negative)
とじない (negative)
とじぬ (negative)
とじん (negative)
tojinai (negative)
tojinu (negative)
tojin (negative)
閉じず (continuative negative)
とじず (continuative negative)
tojizu (continuative negative)
閉じます (formal)
とじます (formal)
tojimasu (formal)
閉じた (perfective)
とじた (perfective)
tojita (perfective)
閉じて (conjunctive)
とじて (conjunctive)
tojite (conjunctive)
閉じれば (conditional hypothetical)
とじれば (conditional hypothetical)
tojireba (conditional hypothetical)

From Old Japanese. Derived from older form 閉(と)づ (tozu) via regular historical processes in the shift to the 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) pattern. Over time, the distinction between ぢ (dji) and じ (ji) was lost, leading to the modern spelling of とじる (tojiru).
Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru. For the Old / Classical form, see the 閉づ entry.

(proofreading, orthography) to write a Japanese word using kanji


大文字

ja-noun

大(おお)文(も)字(じ) • (ōmoji) ^(←おほもじ (ofomozi)?)

大文字 (canonical)
ōmoji (romanization)
ofomozi (romanization)
おほもじ (hiragana historical)

(orthography, typography) a capital letter; a majuscule


大文字

大 (dai, “big”) + 文字 (monji, “character”)

af

(orthography, typography) the Chinese character 大


綴り

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 綴(つづ)る (tsuzuru).

ja-etym-renyokei

あなたの名前の綴りを教えてください。

Anata no namae no tsuzuri o oshiete kudasai.


圏点

圏 (“circle; enclosure”) + 点 (“dot; point”), specifically an unfilled circle (◦ or ○).

suf

1905 June, 黃山 片岡, “半濁音の符 [Noting Semi-Muddy Sounds]”, in 黃山著作集, Saitama: Suharaya, page 26:

A ‘semi-muddy sound’ is noted by attaching a circle (゜) to the right shoulder of a kana, as seen in the following examples,

半濁音は、假字の右肩に一箇の圈點（゜）を附して、半濁音の符となす、次ぎの例を見る可し、

Handakuon wa, kana no migikata ni ikko no kenten () o fushite, handakuon no fu to nasu, tsugi no rei o miru beshi,

(obsolete, orthography) Synonym of 半濁点 (handakuten)


山括弧

ja-noun

山括弧(やまがっこ) • (yamagakko) ^(←やまくわつこ (yamakwatuko)?)

山括弧 (canonical)
yamagakko (romanization)
yamakwatuko (romanization)
やまくわつこ (hiragana historical)

山 (yama, “mountain”) + 括弧 (kakko, “bracket”)


レター

ja-noun

レター • (retā)

(orthography) a letter (letter of the alphabet)


クエスチョンマーク

[kɯ̟e̞sɨt͡ɕo̞m ma̠ːkɯ̟]


漢文訓読

漢文訓読 (canonical)
kanbun kundoku (romanization)

[kã̠mbɯ̟ŋ kɯ̟̃ndo̞kɯ̟]

From 漢文 (kanbun, “Literary Chinese”) + 訓読 (kundoku, “native reading of kanji”).

com

(orthography) the Japanese reading of Literary Chinese by a literal translation


ピリオド

(orthography, in languages using European writing systems) full stop; period


鋭アクセント

鋭アクセント (canonical)
ei akusento (romanization)

Compound of 鋭 (ei, “sharp”, likely a gloss or calque of Ancient Greek οξεία (oxeía, “sharp; acute”)) + アクセント (akusento, “accent”).

compound

likely a gloss or calque of Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">οξεία</i> (oxeía, “sharp; acute”)

(orthography, uncommon) an acute accent ( ´ )


アクサンテギュ

[a̠kɯ̟sã̠nte̞ɡʲɨ]

揚音符号

揚音符号 ようおんふごう


揚音符

揚音符号

揚音符号 ようおんふごう


揚音符号

揚音符号 (canonical)
yōonfugō (romanization)


まぜがき

mazegaki (romanization)
まぜがき (hiragana historical)

From 交(ま)ぜ (maze, “mixing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 交(ま)ぜる (mazeru, “to mix”).”) + 書(か)き (kaki, “writing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”).”).

ja-compound

(orthography) Writing certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead. This may be motivated by reasons such as a kanji being excluded from the list of 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji).


まぜがき

まぜがきする (canonical)
mazegaki suru (romanization)
mazegaki (romanization)
まぜがきし (stem)
まぜがきした (past)
まぜがきし
mazegaki shi
まぜがきする
mazegaki suru
まぜがきすれ
mazegaki sure
まぜがきせよ (imperative literary)
まぜがきしろ (colloquial imperative)
mazegaki seyo (imperative literary)
mazegaki shiro (colloquial imperative)
まぜがきされる (passive)
mazegaki sareru (passive)
まぜがきさせる (causative)
まぜがきさす (causative)
mazegaki saseru (causative)
mazegaki sasu (causative)
まぜがきできる (potential)
mazegaki dekiru (potential)
まぜがきしよう (volitional)
mazegaki shiyō (volitional)
まぜがきしない (negative)
mazegaki shinai (negative)
まぜがきせず (continuative negative)
mazegaki sezu (continuative negative)
まぜがきします (formal)
mazegaki shimasu (formal)
まぜがきした (perfective)
mazegaki shita (perfective)
まぜがきして (conjunctive)
mazegaki shite (conjunctive)
まぜがきすれば (conditional hypothetical)
mazegaki sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(orthography) to write certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead


五十音図

ja-noun

五(ご)十(じゅう)音(おん)図(ず) • (gojūonzu) ^(←ごじふおんづ (gozifuondu)?)

五十音図 (canonical)
gojūonzu (romanization)
gozifuondu (romanization)
ごじふおんづ (hiragana historical)

[ɡo̞ʑɨːõ̞nd͡zɨ]

五十音 (literally “fifty sounds”) + 図 (“diagram”)

suf

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the 5x10 table used for arranging all the 47 kana used for the 五十音 (literally “fifty sounds”), whose 列 (“columns”) are arranged by the vowels (/a/, /i/, /ɯ/, /e/, /o/) and 行 (“rows”) are arranged by the consonants (Ø, /k/, /s/, /t/, /n/, /h/, /m/, /j/, /ɾ/, /w/; voiced obstruents and /p/ are customarily not included because they were rarely distinguished in writing); columns are ranked by 段 (“grade”), with the vowel /a/ being the highest grade and the vowel /o/ being the lowest; the missing cells of the や行 (“ya-row”) and わ行 (“wa-row”) are filled with い/イ (i), え/エ (e) and う/ウ (u) taken from the あ行 (“a-row”), in order to represent classical grammatical inflection with modern text (or alternatively, artificially filled with rare kana such as 𛀆/𛄠 (yi), 𛀁/𛄡 (ye) and 𛄟 (𛄟)/𛄢 (wu))


あ行

あ行 (canonical)
agyō (romanization)
agyau (romanization)
あぎゃう (hiragana historical)

ア行上一段/下一段/下二段活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the first row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana あ/ア (a), い/イ (i), う/ウ (u), え/エ (e) and お/オ (o)


あ段

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the first and highest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the ten kana あ/ア (a), か/カ (ka), さ/サ (sa), た/タ (ta), な/ナ (na), は/ハ (ha), ま/マ (ma), や/ヤ (ya), ら/ラ (ra) and わ/ワ (wa)


は行

は行 (canonical)
hagyō (romanization)
fagyau (romanization)
はぎゃう (hiragana historical)

ハ行下一段/上二段/下二段/四段活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the sixth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana は/ハ (ha), ひ/ヒ (hi), ふ/フ (fu), へ/ヘ (he) and ほ/ホ (ho)


ば行

ば行 (canonical)
bagyō (romanization)
bagyau (romanization)
ばぎゃう (hiragana historical)

バ行上一段/下一段/上二段/四段/五段活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) a row derived from the は行 (“ha-row”) of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”) (but not included in the table) by adding the diacritical mark ゛, consisting of the five kana ば/バ (ba), び/ビ (bi), ぶ/ブ (bu), べ/ベ (be) and ぼ/ボ (bo)


ぱ行

ぱ行 (canonical)
pagyō (romanization)
pagyau (romanization)
ぱぎゃう (hiragana historical)

(phonology, orthography) a row derived from the は行 (“ha-row”) of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”) (but not included in the table) by adding the diacritical mark ゜, consisting of the five kana ぱ/パ (pa), ぴ/ピ (pi), ぷ/プ (pu), ぺ/ペ (pe) and ぽ/ポ (po)


や行

や行 (canonical)
yagyō (romanization)
yagyau (romanization)
やぎゃう (hiragana historical)

ヤ行上一段/上二段/下二段活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the eighth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana や/ヤ (ya), い/イ (i) (alternatively, 𛀆/𛄠 (yi)), ゆ/ユ (yu), え/エ (e) (alternatively, 𛀁/𛄡 (ye)) and よ/ヨ (yo), two of which are taken from the あ行 (“a-row”) to represent classical grammatical inflection in modern text


わ行

わ行 (canonical)
wagyō (romanization)
wagyau (romanization)
わぎゃう (hiragana historical)

ワ行上一段 / 下二段 / 五段活用

wagyō kamīchidan / shimonidan / godan katsuyō

wa-row upper-bigrade / lower-bigrade / quintigrade inflection

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the tenth and last row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana わ/ワ (wa), ゐ/ヰ (wi), う/ウ (u) (alternatively, 𛄟 (𛄟)/𛄢 (wu)), ゑ/ヱ (we) and を/ヲ (wo), one of which is taken from the あ行 (“a-row”) to represent classical grammatical inflection in modern text


直音

[t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟õ̞ɴ]

(Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as あ (a), き (ki) or ぶ (bu)


か行

か行 (canonical)
kagyō (romanization)
kagyau (romanization)
かぎゃう (hiragana historical)

カ行上一段/上二段/下一段/下二段/四段/五段/変格活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the second row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana か/カ (ka), き/キ (ki), く/ク (ku), け/ケ (ke) and こ/コ (ko)


さ行

さ行 (canonical)
sagyō (romanization)
sagyau (romanization)
さぎゃう (hiragana historical)

サ行下一段/下二段/四段/五段/変格活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the third row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana さ/サ (sa), し/シ (shi), す/ス (su), せ/セ (se) and そ/ソ (so)


た行

た行 (canonical)
tagyō (romanization)
tagyau (romanization)
たぎゃう (hiragana historical)

タ行上一段/上二段/下一段/下二段/四段/五段活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the fourth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana た/タ (ta), ち/チ (chi), つ/ツ (tsu), て/テ (te) and と/ト (to)


な行

な行 (canonical)
nagyō (romanization)
nagyau (romanization)
なぎゃう (hiragana historical)

ナ行上一段/下一段/下二段/四段/五段/変格活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the fifth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana な/ナ (na), に/ニ (ni), ぬ/ヌ (nu), ね/ネ (ne) and の/ノ (no)


ま行

ま行 (canonical)
magyō (romanization)
magyau (romanization)
まぎゃう (hiragana historical)

マ行上一段/上二段/下一段/下二段/四段/五段活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the sixth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana ま/マ (ma), み/ミ (mi), む/ム (mu), め/メ (me) and も/モ (mo)


ら行

ら行 (canonical)
ragyō (romanization)
ragyau (romanization)
らぎゃう (hiragana historical)

ラ行上一段/上二段/下一段/下二段/四段/五段/変格活用

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the ninth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana ら/ラ (ra), り/リ (ri), る/ル (ru), れ/レ (re) and ろ/ロ (ro)


い段

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the second and second-highest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana い/イ (i), き/キ (ki), し/シ (shi), ち/チ (chi), に/ニ (ni), ひ/ヒ (hi), み/ミ (mi), り/リ (ri) and ゐ/ヰ (wi), and sometimes additionally 𛀆/𛄠 (yi)


う段

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the third and middle-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana う/ウ (u), く/ク (ku), す/ス (su), つ/ツ (tsu), ぬ/ヌ (nu), ふ/フ (fu), む/ム (mu), ゆ/ユ (yu) and る/ル (ru), and sometimes additionally 𛄟 (𛄟)/𛄢 (wu)


え段

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the fourth and second-lowest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana え/エ (e), け/ケ (ke), せ/セ (se), て/テ (te), ね/ネ (ne), へ/ヘ (he), め/メ (me), れ/レ (re) and ゑ/ヱ (we), and sometimes additionally 𛀁/𛄡 (ye)


お段

(phonology, orthography, grammar) the fifth and lowest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the ten kana お/オ (o), こ/コ (ko), そ/ソ (so), と/ト (to), の/ノ (no), ほ/ホ (ho), も/モ (mo), よ/ヨ (yo), ろ/ロ (ro) and を/ヲ (wo)


当用漢字

当用漢字 (canonical)
tōyō kanji (romanization)

[to̞ːjo̞ːkã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

From 当用 (“general use, daily use”) + 漢字 (“kanji”).

compound

(orthography, historical) tōyō kanji (kanji that were declared official by the Ministry of Education of Japan on November 16, 1946, later replaced by 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji))