踏襲

See also: 蹈襲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
しゅう
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
蹈襲 (dated)

Etymology

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)(しゅう) • (tōshūたふしふ (tafusifu)?

  1. emulation, following in someone's footsteps

Verb

(とう)(しゅう)する • (tōshū suruたふしふ (tafusifu)?transitive suru (stem (とう)(しゅう) (tōshū shi), past (とう)(しゅう)した (tōshū shita))

  1. to emulate, to follow in someone's footsteps

Conjugation

Conjugation of "踏襲する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 踏襲し とうしゅうし tōshū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 踏襲し とうしゅうし tōshū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 踏襲する とうしゅうする tōshū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 踏襲する とうしゅうする tōshū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 踏襲すれ とうしゅうすれ tōshū sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 踏襲せよ¹
踏襲しろ²
とうしゅうせよ¹
とうしゅうしろ²
tōshū seyo¹
tōshū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 踏襲される とうしゅうされる tōshū sareru
Causative 踏襲させる
踏襲さす
とうしゅうさせる
とうしゅうさす
tōshū saseru
tōshū sasu
Potential 踏襲できる とうしゅうできる tōshū dekiru
Volitional 踏襲しよう とうしゅうしよう tōshū shiyō
Negative 踏襲しない とうしゅうしない tōshū shinai
Negative continuative 踏襲せず とうしゅうせず tōshū sezu
Formal 踏襲します とうしゅうします tōshū shimasu
Perfective 踏襲した とうしゅうした tōshū shita
Conjunctive 踏襲して とうしゅうして tōshū shite
Hypothetical conditional 踏襲すれば とうしゅうすれば tōshū sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

踏襲 • (dapseup) (hangeul 답습)

  1. hanja form? of 답습 (following; imitating)