都合

Chinese
 
metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
 
to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad.
(都合)		 都 合

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 都 (つ)合 (ごう) (tsugō, “convenience”)

Pronunciation

Noun

都合

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) favorable alignment of circumstances such as time and place etc.

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
都 合
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Grade: 3		 ごう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

都合 (hiragana つごう, rōmaji tsugō, historical hiragana つがふ)

  1. convenience
    明日 (あした)は都 (つ)合 (ごう)が悪 (わる)い。
    Ashita wa tsugō ga warui.
    It's not convenient tomorrow.
    そちらの都 (つ)合 (ごう)のよいときにいらしてください。
    Sochira no tsugō no yoi toki ni irashite kudasai.
    Come whenever convenient for you.
  2. circumstances; condition
    一 (いっ)身 (しん)上 (じょう)の都 (つ)合 (ごう)により退 (たい)職 (しょく)する
    isshinjō no tsugō ni yori taishoku suru
    to retire due to personal reasons

Derived terms

Verb

都合する (hiragana つごうする, rōmaji tsugō suru, historical hiragana つがふする)

  1. to arrange; to manage
    席 (せき)を都 (つ)合 (ごう)してください。
    Seki o tsugōshite kudasai.
    Please arrange a seat for me.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "都合する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 都合し つごうし tsugō shi
Continuative (連用形) 都合し つごうし tsugō shi
Terminal (終止形) 都合する つごうする tsugō suru
Attributive (連体形) 都合する つごうする tsugō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 都合すれ つごうすれ tsugō sure
Imperative (命令形) 都合せよ¹
都合しろ²		 つごうせよ¹
つごうしろ²		 tsugō seyo¹
tsugō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 都合される つごうされる tsugō sareru
Causative 都合させる
都合さす		 つごうさせる
つごうさす		 tsugō saseru
tsugō sasu
Potential 都合できる つごうできる tsugō dekiru
Volitional 都合しよう つごうしよう tsugō shiyō
Negative 都合しない つごうしない tsugō shinai
Negative continuative 都合せず つごうせず tsugō sezu
Formal 都合します つごうします tsugō shimasu
Perfective 都合した つごうした tsugō shita
Conjunctive 都合して つごうして tsugō shite
Hypothetical conditional 都合すれば つごうすれば tsugō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Adverb

都合 (hiragana つごう, rōmaji tsugō, historical hiragana つがふ)

  1. in total
    参 (さん)加 (か)者 (しゃ)は都 (つ)合 (ごう)３ (さ)０ (ん)０ (ぜ)０ (ん)人 (にん)に達 (たっ)した。
    Sankasha wa tsugō sanzennin ni tasshita.
    The number of participants reached 3,000 in total.

References
  1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
都合

Noun

都合 • (dohap) (hangeul 도합)

  1. Hanja form? of 도합 (“all together”).
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