シフト

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shift.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) シフト [shíꜜfùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɕiɸɯ̟̊to̞]

Noun

シフト • (shifuto)

a shift (a change in position, the situation, or one's attitude)
shifting, changing gear on a car
a shift (change of workers)
- 2011 April 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)三(さん)十(じゅう)七(しち)訓(くん)　だいじょぶだ〰 [Lesson 337: It’s Gonna Be Okay~]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
  
  そうですね　じゃあ…火(か)木(もく)が姫(ひめ)‼　月(げつ)火(か)水(すい)木(もく)金(きん)土(ど)日(にち)が私(わたし)というシフトにしましょうか‼
  Sō desu ne Jā… ka-moku ga hime‼ Getsu-ka-sui-moku-kin-do-nichi ga watashi to iu shifuto ni shimashō ka‼
  Well, sure. Then… it’s Tuesday and Wednesday for the princess!! And I’ll be taking the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday shifts!!
  なんでお前(まえ)が皆(かい)勤(きん)なんだよ‼
  Nan de omae ga kaikin nan da yo‼
  Why would you be here every day!?

Verb

シフトする • (shifuto suru) suru (stem シフトし (shifuto shi), past シフトした (shifuto shita))

shift, change position etc.
shift, change gear

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative