口寄せ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	寄
くち Grade: 1	よ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) +‎ 寄せ (yose, “drawing something near”), the stem noun form of verb 寄せる (yoseru, “to make something draw near”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くちよせ [kùchíyósé] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟t͡ɕijo̞se̞]

Noun

口(くち)寄(よ)せ • (kuchiyose)

spiritualism, spiritism: channelling, summoning spirits and giving them a voice
Synonyms: (calling the spirits of the dead) 降霊 (kōrei), (communicating with the spirits of the dead) 交霊 (kōrei)
a medium, a spiritualist
Synonyms: (spirit medium) 霊媒 (reibei), (divine medium) 神媒 (shinbai)

Derived terms

口寄巫女(くちよせみこ) (kuchiyose miko): a miko acting as a medium

Verb

口(くち)寄(よ)せする • (kuchiyose suru) suru (stem 口(くち)寄(よ)せし (kuchiyose shi), past 口(くち)寄(よ)せした (kuchiyose shita))

to act as a medium, to communicate with spirits, to give voice to the dead

Conjugation

Conjugation of "口寄せする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	口寄せし	くちよせし	kuchiyose shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	口寄せし	くちよせし	kuchiyose shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	口寄せする	くちよせする	kuchiyose suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	口寄せする	くちよせする	kuchiyose suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	口寄せすれ	くちよせすれ	kuchiyose sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	口寄せせよ¹ 口寄せしろ²	くちよせせよ¹ くちよせしろ²	kuchiyose seyo¹ kuchiyose shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	口寄せされる	くちよせされる	kuchiyose sareru
Causative	口寄せさせる口寄せさす	くちよせさせるくちよせさす	kuchiyose saseru kuchiyose sasu
Potential	口寄せできる	くちよせできる	kuchiyose dekiru
Volitional	口寄せしよう	くちよせしよう	kuchiyose shiyō
Negative	口寄せしない	くちよせしない	kuchiyose shinai
Negative continuative	口寄せせず	くちよせせず	kuchiyose sezu
Formal	口寄せします	くちよせします	kuchiyose shimasu
Perfective	口寄せした	くちよせした	kuchiyose shita
Conjunctive	口寄せして	くちよせして	kuchiyose shite
Hypothetical conditional	口寄せすれば	くちよせすれば	kuchiyose sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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