固持

Japanese
Kanji in this term
固 持
こ
Grade: 4		 じ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

*/kodi/ → /kod͡ʑi/

From Middle Chinese 固持 (MC kuoH ɖɨ, literally “firmly, solidly + hold, grasp”).

Pronunciation

Noun

固持 (hiragana こじ, rōmaji koji, historical hiragana こぢ)

  1. tenacity or persistence, standing one's ground, holding fast to an assertion or belief

Verb

固持する (intransitive, hiragana こじする, rōmaji koji suru, historical hiragana こぢする)

  1. to be tenacious, to persist, to stand one's ground, to hold fast to an assertion or belief

Conjugation
Conjugation of "固持する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 固持し こじし koji shi
Continuative (連用形) 固持し こじし koji shi
Terminal (終止形) 固持する こじする koji suru
Attributive (連体形) 固持する こじする koji suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 固持すれ こじすれ koji sure
Imperative (命令形) 固持せよ¹
固持しろ²		 こじせよ¹
こじしろ²		 koji seyo¹
koji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 固持される こじされる koji sareru
Causative 固持させる
固持さす		 こじさせる
こじさす		 koji saseru
koji sasu
Potential 固持できる こじできる koji dekiru
Volitional 固持しよう こじしよう koji shiyō
Negative 固持しない こじしない koji shinai
Negative continuative 固持せず こじせず koji sezu
Formal 固持します こじします koji shimasu
Perfective 固持した こじした koji shita
Conjunctive 固持して こじして koji shite
Hypothetical conditional 固持すれば こじすれば koji sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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