返事
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 返 | 事 |
| へん Grade: 3 |
じ Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
From Old Japanese 返事 (kaherigoto) (“reply, response”). A shift from kun'yomi to on'yomi occurred.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "返事する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 返事し | へんじし | henji shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 返事し | へんじし | henji shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 返事する | へんじする | henji suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 返事する | へんじする | henji suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 返事すれ | へんじすれ | henji sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 返事せよ¹ 返事しろ² |
へんじせよ¹ へんじしろ² |
henji seyo¹ henji shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 返事される | へんじされる | henji sareru | |
| Causative | 返事させる 返事さす |
へんじさせる へんじさす |
henji saseru henji sasu | |
| Potential | 返事できる | へんじできる | henji dekiru | |
| Volitional | 返事しよう | へんじしよう | henji shiyō | |
| Negative | 返事しない | へんじしない | henji shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 返事せず | へんじせず | henji sezu | |
| Formal | 返事します | へんじします | henji shimasu | |
| Perfective | 返事した | へんじした | henji shita | |
| Conjunctive | 返事して | へんじして | henji shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 返事すれば | へんじすれば | henji sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Related terms
- 返答 (hentō)
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