化石

Chinese
 
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad.
(化石)		 化 石
anagram 石化

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 化 (か)石 (せき) (kaseki, “fossil”)

Pronunciation

Noun

化石

  1. fossil

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
化 石
か
Grade: 3		 せき
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

化 (ka, “to change into”) +‎ 石 (seki, “stone”)

Pronunciation

Noun

化石 (hiragana かせき, rōmaji kaseki, historical hiragana くわせき)

  1. a fossil
  2. petrifaction
  3. (metaphor, insult) out-of-date person, thing

Derived terms
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)化 (か) (kasekika): fossilize
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)学 (がく) (kasekigaku): paleontology
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)層 (そう) (kasekisō): fossil bed
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)人 (じん)類 (るい) (kaseki jinrui): fossil men
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)燃 (ねん)料 (りょう) (kaseki nenryō): fossil fuel
  • 化 (か)石 (せき)類 (るい)人 (じん)猿 (えん) (kaseki ruijin'en): anthropoid fossil
  • 微 (び)化 (か)石 (せき) (bikaseki): microfossil
  • 糞 (ふん)化 (か)石 (せき) (funkaseki): coprolite, guano
  • 示 (じ)準 (じゅん)化 (か)石 (せき) (jijun-kaseki): index fossil, key fossil
  • 生 (せい)痕 (こん)化 (か)石 (せき) (seikon kaseki): trace fossil
  • 生 (い)きた化 (か)石 (せき) (ikita kaseki): living fossil, relict

Verb

化石する (hiragana かせきする, rōmaji kaseki suru)

  1. to fossilize

Conjugation
Conjugation of "化石する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 化石し かせきし kaseki shi
Continuative (連用形) 化石し かせきし kaseki shi
Terminal (終止形) 化石する かせきする kaseki suru
Attributive (連体形) 化石する かせきする kaseki suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 化石すれ かせきすれ kaseki sure
Imperative (命令形) 化石せよ¹
化石しろ²		 かせきせよ¹
かせきしろ²		 kaseki seyo¹
kaseki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 化石される かせきされる kaseki sareru
Causative 化石させる
化石さす		 かせきさせる
かせきさす		 kaseki saseru
kaseki sasu
Potential 化石できる かせきできる kaseki dekiru
Volitional 化石しよう かせきしよう kaseki shiyō
Negative 化石しない かせきしない kaseki shinai
Negative continuative 化石せず かせきせず kaseki sezu
Formal 化石します かせきします kaseki shimasu
Perfective 化石した かせきした kaseki shita
Conjunctive 化石して かせきして kaseki shite
Hypothetical conditional 化石すれば かせきすれば kaseki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Descendants
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