独断専行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独	断	専	行
どく Grade: 5	だん Grade: 5	せん Grade: 6	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
獨斷專行 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どくだん・せんこー [dòkúdáń sèńkóó] (Heiban + Heiban – [0]-[0])^[1]^[2]

(Tokyo) どくだんせんこー [dòkúdáń séńkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟da̠ɰ̃ sẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

Noun

独(どく)断(だん)専(せん)行(こう) • (dokudan senkō) ^{←どくだんせんかう (dokudan senkau)^?}

acting arbitrarily on one's own authority

Verb

独(どく)断(だん)専(せん)行(こう)する • (dokudan senkō suru) ^{←どくだんせんかう (dokudan senkau)^?}intransitive suru (stem 独(どく)断(だん)専(せん)行(こう)し (dokudan senkō shi), past 独(どく)断(だん)専(せん)行(こう)した (dokudan senkō shita))

to act arbitrarily on one's own authority

Conjugation

Conjugation of "独断専行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	独断専行し	どくだんせんこうし	dokudansenkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	独断専行し	どくだんせんこうし	dokudansenkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	独断専行する	どくだんせんこうする	dokudansenkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	独断専行する	どくだんせんこうする	dokudansenkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	独断専行すれ	どくだんせんこうすれ	dokudansenkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	独断専行せよ¹ 独断専行しろ²	どくだんせんこうせよ¹ どくだんせんこうしろ²	dokudansenkō seyo¹ dokudansenkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	独断専行される	どくだんせんこうされる	dokudansenkō sareru
Causative	独断専行させる独断専行さす	どくだんせんこうさせるどくだんせんこうさす	dokudansenkō saseru dokudansenkō sasu
Potential	独断専行できる	どくだんせんこうできる	dokudansenkō dekiru
Volitional	独断専行しよう	どくだんせんこうしよう	dokudansenkō shiyō
Negative	独断専行しない	どくだんせんこうしない	dokudansenkō shinai
Negative continuative	独断専行せず	どくだんせんこうせず	dokudansenkō sezu
Formal	独断専行します	どくだんせんこうします	dokudansenkō shimasu
Perfective	独断専行した	どくだんせんこうした	dokudansenkō shita
Conjunctive	独断専行して	どくだんせんこうして	dokudansenkō shite
Hypothetical conditional	独断専行すれば	どくだんせんこうすれば	dokudansenkō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“独断専行”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

↑ ^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
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “独断専行”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NHK-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

[SMK7-2] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NKD2-4] “独断専行”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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