命令形

Japanese

Kanji in this term
命	令	形
めい Grade: 3	れい Grade: 4	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

命令 (meirei) +‎ 形 (-kei)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) めーれーけー [mèéréékéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
- IPA^(key): [me̞ːɾe̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

命令形 (hiragana めいれいけい, rōmaji meireikei)

(grammar) the imperative form; an inflectional category

Related terms

已 (い)然 (ぜん)形 (けい) (izenkei, “realis”)
仮 (か)定 (てい)形 (けい) (kateikei, “conditional”)
終 (しゅう)止 (し)形 (けい) (shūshikei, “conclusive”)
未 (み)然 (ぜん)形 (けい) (mizenkei, “irrealis”)
連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
連体形 (れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224

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