スイッチ
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English switch.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) スイッチ [súꜜìtchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) スイッチ [sùíꜜtchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [sɨit̚t͡ɕi]
Noun
スイッチ • (suitchi)
- switch, a device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow
- (rail transport) switch of a railroad, point of a railroad
- a change in method or thinking
- (computing) network switch
See also
- 開閉器 (kaiheiki)
Verb
スイッチする • (suitchi suru) suru (stem スイッチし (suitchi shi), past スイッチした (suitchi shita))
- change one's methods or ways of thinking
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | スイッチし | suitchi shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | スイッチし | suitchi shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | スイッチする | suitchi suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | スイッチする | suitchi suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | スイッチすれ | suitchi sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | スイッチせよ¹ スイッチしろ² |
suitchi seyo¹ suitchi shiro² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | スイッチされる | suitchi sareru | |
| Causative | スイッチさせる スイッチさす |
suitchi saseru suitchi sasu | |
| Potential | スイッチできる | suitchi dekiru | |
| Volitional | スイッチしよう | suitchi shiyō | |
| Negative | スイッチしない | suitchi shinai | |
| Negative continuative | スイッチせず | suitchi sezu | |
| Formal | スイッチします | suitchi shimasu | |
| Perfective | スイッチした | suitchi shita | |
| Conjunctive | スイッチして | suitchi shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | スイッチすれば | suitchi sureba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN