吟じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぎん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Shift from verb (ぎん)ずる (ginzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Verb

(ぎん)じる • (ginjirutransitive ichidan (stem (ぎん) (ginji), past (ぎん)じた (ginjita))

  1. to chant; to recite a poem
  2. to create a poem

Conjugation

Conjugation of "吟じる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 吟じ ぎんじ ginji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 吟じ ぎんじ ginji
Shūshikei ("terminal") 吟じる ぎんじる ginjiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 吟じる ぎんじる ginjiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 吟じれ ぎんじれ ginjire
Meireikei ("imperative") 吟じよ¹
吟じろ²
ぎんじよ¹
ぎんじろ²
ginjiyo¹
ginjiro²
Key constructions
Passive 吟じられる ぎんじられる ginjirareru
Causative 吟じさせる
吟じさす
ぎんじさせる
ぎんじさす
ginjisaseru
ginjisasu
Potential 吟じられる
吟じれる³
ぎんじられる
ぎんじれる³
ginjirareru
ginjireru³
Volitional 吟じよう ぎんじよう ginjiyō
Negative 吟じない
吟じぬ
吟じん
ぎんじない
ぎんじぬ
ぎんじん
ginjinai
ginjinu
ginjin
Negative continuative 吟じず ぎんじず ginjizu
Formal 吟じます ぎんじます ginjimasu
Perfective 吟じた ぎんじた ginjita
Conjunctive 吟じて ぎんじて ginjite
Hypothetical conditional 吟じれば ぎんじれば ginjireba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms