ねさげ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
値下げ

Etymology

From 値(ね) (ne) + 下(さ)げ (sage, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 下(さ)げる (sageru).”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねさげ [nèságé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ne̞sa̠ɡe̞]

Noun

ねさげ • (nesage) ^{←ねさげ (nesage)^?}

a fall (in price)

Coordinate terms

値上(ねあ)げ (neage)

Verb

ねさげする • (nesage suru) ^{←ねさげ (nesage)^?}suru (stem ねさげし (nesage shi), past ねさげした (nesage shita))

to lower the price (of something); to make more cheap

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ねさげする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ねさげし	nesage shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ねさげし	nesage shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ねさげする	nesage suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ねさげする	nesage suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ねさげすれ	nesage sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	ねさげせよ¹ ねさげしろ²	nesage seyo¹ nesage shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	ねさげされる	nesage sareru
Causative	ねさげさせるねさげさす	nesage saseru nesage sasu
Potential	ねさげできる	nesage dekiru
Volitional	ねさげしよう	nesage shiyō
Negative	ねさげしない	nesage shinai
Negative continuative	ねさげせず	nesage sezu
Formal	ねさげします	nesage shimasu
Perfective	ねさげした	nesage shita
Conjunctive	ねさげして	nesage shite
Hypothetical conditional	ねさげすれば	nesage sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN