メイク

Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of メイクアップ (meikuappu).

Pronunciation

Noun

メイク • (meiku

  1. makeup, cosmetics
  2. makeup (result of applying cosmetics)
    デパコスメイク
    depakosu de meiku
    makeup done using cheap cosmetics

Derived terms

Verb

メイクする • (meiku surusuru (stem メイク (meiku shi), past メイクした (meiku shita))

  1. to apply makeup; to put on makeup

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

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