滅金

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
滅	金
めつ > めっ Grade: S	きん > き Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, “gold-mercury amalgam used in plating”).^[1]

Alternative forms

鍍金

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めっき [mèkkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [me̞k̚ʲkʲi]

Noun

滅(めっ)金(き) or 滅金(メッキ) • (mekki)

plating, gilding
pretense

Verb

滅(めっ)金(き)する or 滅金(メッキ)する • (mekki suru) transitive suru (stem 滅(めっ)金(き)し (mekki shi), past 滅(めっ)金(き)した (mekki shita))

plate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "滅金する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	滅金し	めっきし	mekki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	滅金し	めっきし	mekki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	滅金する	めっきする	mekki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	滅金する	めっきする	mekki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	滅金すれ	めっきすれ	mekki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	滅金せよ¹ 滅金しろ²	めっきせよ¹ めっきしろ²	mekki seyo¹ mekki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	滅金される	めっきされる	mekki sareru
Causative	滅金させる滅金さす	めっきさせるめっきさす	mekki saseru mekki sasu
Potential	滅金できる	めっきできる	mekki dekiru
Volitional	滅金しよう	めっきしよう	mekki shiyō
Negative	滅金しない	めっきしない	mekki shinai
Negative continuative	滅金せず	めっきせず	mekki sezu
Formal	滅金します	めっきします	mekki shimasu
Perfective	滅金した	めっきした	mekki shita
Conjunctive	滅金して	めっきして	mekki shite
Hypothetical conditional	滅金すれば	めっきすれば	mekki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
滅	金
めつ Grade: S	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

滅 (metsu, “destroy”) +‎ 金 (kin, “gold”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めつきん [mètsúkíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [me̞t͡sɨkʲĩɴ]

Noun

滅(めつ)金(きん) • (metsukin)

gold-mercury amalgam used in plating

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

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