上二段活用

A compound of 上二段 (kami nidan, “upper dual grade”) and 活用 (katsuyō, “conjugation”). Eventually changes into 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō) verbs. The "upper" notation refers to the base -i which comes before the "lower" -e in Japanese order.

• (Tokyo) かみにだんか​つよー [kàmí nídáń káꜜtsùyòò] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲi ɲ̟idã̠ŋ ka̠t͡sɨᵝjo̞ː]

上二段活用 (hiragana かみにだんかつよう, rōmaji kami nidan katsuyō, historical hiragana かみにだんくわつよう)

1. (grammar) upper dual grade conjugation; a verbal conjugation class which has the following inflections: i/i/u/uru/ure/i[yo]. Dual refers to the two columns (i and u) of the syllabary table that the conjugation occurs in. Dual grade conjugation occurs in literary Japanese, while the same verbs conjugate as Kami-Ichidan (e.g. 落つ-> 落ちる) in colloquial Japanese.

Examples:

• 五段活用 (ごだんかつよう) (godan katsuyō)
• カ行変格活用 (ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (kagyō henkaku katsuyō)
• 上一段活用 (かみいちだんかつよう) (kami ichidan katsuyō)
• ナ行変格活用 (ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (nagyō henkaku katsuyō)
• ラ行変格活用 (ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (ragyō henkaku katsuyō)
• サ行変格活用 (ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (sagyō henkaku katsuyō)
• 下一段活用 (しもいちだんかつよう) (shimo ichidan katsuyō)
• 下二段活用 (しもにだんかつよう) (shimo nidan katsuyō)
• 四段活用 (よだんかつよう) (yodan katsuyō)

• 上一段活用 (かみいちだんかつよう) (kami ichidan katsuyō)