奉仕

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奉	仕
ほう Grade: S	し Grade: 3
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーし [hóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) ほーし [hòóshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɕi]

Noun

奉(ほう)仕(し) • (hōshi)

attendance, service to one's country or community
社会(しゃかい)に奉仕(ほうし)する。
Shakai ni hōshi suru.
We strive to serve the community.
offering goods at a discount

Synonyms

(discounting) サービス (sābisu)

Derived terms

奉(ほう)仕(し)者(しゃ) (hōshisha, “servant, minister”)
奉(ほう)仕女(しめ) (hōshime, “deaconess”)
奉(ほう)仕(し)品(ひん) (hōshihin, “bargain goods, sale items”)
奉(ほう)仕(し)活動(かつどう) (hōshi katsudō, “volunteer activity”)
勤労奉(きんろうほう)仕(し) (kinrō hōshi, “labor service”)
社会奉(しゃかいほう)仕(し) (shakai hōshi, “volunteer social service”)
社会奉(しゃかいほう)仕家(しか) (shakai hōshika, “social worker”)

Verb

奉(ほう)仕(し)する • (hōshi suru) suru (stem 奉(ほう)仕(し)し (hōshi shi), past 奉(ほう)仕(し)した (hōshi shita))

serve one's nation or community
offer goods at a discount

Conjugation

Conjugation of "奉仕する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	奉仕し	ほうしし	hōshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	奉仕し	ほうしし	hōshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	奉仕する	ほうしする	hōshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	奉仕する	ほうしする	hōshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	奉仕すれ	ほうしすれ	hōshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	奉仕せよ¹ 奉仕しろ²	ほうしせよ¹ ほうししろ²	hōshi seyo¹ hōshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	奉仕される	ほうしされる	hōshi sareru
Causative	奉仕させる奉仕さす	ほうしさせるほうしさす	hōshi saseru hōshi sasu
Potential	奉仕できる	ほうしできる	hōshi dekiru
Volitional	奉仕しよう	ほうししよう	hōshi shiyō
Negative	奉仕しない	ほうししない	hōshi shinai
Negative continuative	奉仕せず	ほうしせず	hōshi sezu
Formal	奉仕します	ほうしします	hōshi shimasu
Perfective	奉仕した	ほうしした	hōshi shita
Conjunctive	奉仕して	ほうしして	hōshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	奉仕すれば	ほうしすれば	hōshi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

“奉仕”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
奉	仕

Noun

奉仕 • (bongsa) (hangeul 봉사)

hanja form^? of 봉사 (“public service”)