投じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Shift from (とう)ずる (tōzuru), 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.

Pronunciation

Verb

(とう)じる • (tōjiruintransitive ichidan (stem (とう) (tōji), past (とう)じた (tōjita))

  1. cast, throw
  2. invest

Conjugation

Conjugation of "投じる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 投じ とうじ tōji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 投じ とうじ tōji
Shūshikei ("terminal") 投じる とうじる tōjiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 投じる とうじる tōjiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 投じれ とうじれ tōjire
Meireikei ("imperative") 投じよ¹
投じろ²
とうじよ¹
とうじろ²
tōjiyo¹
tōjiro²
Key constructions
Passive 投じられる とうじられる tōjirareru
Causative 投じさせる
投じさす
とうじさせる
とうじさす
tōjisaseru
tōjisasu
Potential 投じられる
投じれる³
とうじられる
とうじれる³
tōjirareru
tōjireru³
Volitional 投じよう とうじよう tōjiyō
Negative 投じない
投じぬ
投じん
とうじない
とうじぬ
とうじん
tōjinai
tōjinu
tōjin
Negative continuative 投じず とうじず tōjizu
Formal 投じます とうじます tōjimasu
Perfective 投じた とうじた tōjita
Conjunctive 投じて とうじて tōjite
Hypothetical conditional 投じれば とうじれば tōjireba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN