読み下す
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 読 | 下 |
| よ Grade: 2 |
くだ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 讀み下す (kyūjitai) |
| Examples |
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(to read Classical Chinese text as Japanese): reading 楚人有鬻盾與矛者 as 楚人に盾と矛とを鬻ぐ者有り (so hito ni tate to hoko to o hisagu mono ari) |
Alternative forms
- 読下す
- (read Classical Chinese as Japanese): 訓み下す, 訓下す
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) よみくだす [yòmíkúdáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- (Tokyo) よみくだす [yòmíkúdású] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [jo̞mʲikɯ̟da̠sɨ]
Verb
読み下す • (yomikudasu) transitive godan (stem 読み下し (yomikudashi), past 読み下した (yomikudashita))
- to read from start to finish
- to read a Classical Chinese text as Japanese (using the kanbun kundoku technique)
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 読み下さ | よみくださ | yomikudasa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 読み下し | よみくだし | yomikudashi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 読み下す | よみくだす | yomikudasu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 読み下す | よみくだす | yomikudasu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 読み下せ | よみくだせ | yomikudase |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 読み下せ | よみくだせ | yomikudase |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 読み下される | よみくだされる | yomikudasareru |
| Causative | 読み下させる 読み下さす |
よみくださせる よみくださす |
yomikudasaseru yomikudasasu |
| Potential | 読み下せる | よみくだせる | yomikudaseru |
| Volitional | 読み下そう | よみくだそう | yomikudasō |
| Negative | 読み下さない | よみくださない | yomikudasanai |
| Negative continuative | 読み下さず | よみくださず | yomikudasazu |
| Formal | 読み下します | よみくだします | yomikudashimasu |
| Perfective | 読み下した | よみくだした | yomikudashita |
| Conjunctive | 読み下して | よみくだして | yomikudashite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 読み下せば | よみくだせば | yomikudaseba |