反応

See also: 反應

Japanese

Kanji in this term
反	応
はん Grade: 3	おう > のう Grade: 5
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
反應 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined by Japanese educator and zoologist Iwakawa Tomotarō in 1884 in his work 生物学語彙 (Seibutsugaku goi, “A biological vocabulary in English, Latin and Japanese”) as a translation of English reaction.^[1]^[2]

The ō reading for 応 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連(れん)声(じょう)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんのー [hàńnóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[3]
IPA^(key): [hã̠nːo̞ː]

Noun

反(はん)応(のう) • (hannō) ^{←はんおう (fan'ou)^?}

Derived terms

反(はん)応(のう)式(しき) (hannōshiki)
反(はん)応(のう)速(そく)度(ど) (hannō sokudo)
反(はん)応(のう)度(ど) (hannōdo)
反(はん)応(のう)度(ど)事(じ)故(こ) (hannōdo jiko)
反(はん)応(のう)熱(ねつ) (hannōnetsu)

Verb

反(はん)応(のう)する • (hannō suru) ^{←はんおう (fan'ou)^?}intransitive suru (stem 反(はん)応(のう)し (hannō shi), past 反(はん)応(のう)した (hannō shita))

to react chemically
to respond, to react
be responsive, be sensitive

Conjugation

Conjugation of "反応する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	反応し	はんのうし	hannō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	反応し	はんのうし	hannō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	反応する	はんのうする	hannō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	反応する	はんのうする	hannō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	反応すれ	はんのうすれ	hannō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	反応せよ¹ 反応しろ²	はんのうせよ¹ はんのうしろ²	hannō seyo¹ hannō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	反応される	はんのうされる	hannō sareru
Causative	反応させる反応さす	はんのうさせるはんのうさす	hannō saseru hannō sasu
Potential	反応できる	はんのうできる	hannō dekiru
Volitional	反応しよう	はんのうしよう	hannō shiyō
Negative	反応しない	はんのうしない	hannō shinai
Negative continuative	反応せず	はんのうせず	hannō sezu
Formal	反応します	はんのうします	hannō shimasu
Perfective	反応した	はんのうした	hannō shita
Conjunctive	反応して	はんのうして	hannō shite
Hypothetical conditional	反応すれば	はんのうすれば	hannō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Descendants

→ Chinese: 反應／反应 (fǎnyìng)^[4]
→ Korean: 반응 (baneung)
→ Vietnamese: phản ứng

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “反応”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 97

“反応”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[2] “反応”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[SMK7-3] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[4] 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 97

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]