演じる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 演 |
| えん Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi |
Etymology
Shift from verb 演ずる (enzuru), 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
- (Tokyo) えんじる [èńjírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) えんじる [èńjíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑiɾɯ̟]
Verb
演じる • (enjiru) transitive ichidan (stem 演じ (enji), past 演じた (enjita))
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 演じ | えんじ | enji |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 演じ | えんじ | enji |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 演じる | えんじる | enjiru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 演じる | えんじる | enjiru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 演じれ | えんじれ | enjire |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 演じよ¹ 演じろ² |
えんじよ¹ えんじろ² |
enjiyo¹ enjiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 演じられる | えんじられる | enjirareru |
| Causative | 演じさせる 演じさす |
えんじさせる えんじさす |
enjisaseru enjisasu |
| Potential | 演じられる 演じれる³ |
えんじられる えんじれる³ |
enjirareru enjireru³ |
| Volitional | 演じよう | えんじよう | enjiyō |
| Negative | 演じない 演じぬ 演じん |
えんじない えんじぬ えんじん |
enjinai enjinu enjin |
| Negative continuative | 演じず | えんじず | enjizu |
| Formal | 演じます | えんじます | enjimasu |
| Perfective | 演じた | えんじた | enjita |
| Conjunctive | 演じて | えんじて | enjite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 演じれば | えんじれば | enjireba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Synonyms
Related terms
- 演技 (engi): performance
References
- ↑ 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
- “演じる”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026