転向
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 転 | 向 |
| てん Grade: 3 |
こう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 轉向 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
Noun
転向 • (tenkō)
- conversion
- (historical, specifically) abandonment of ideologies deemed as undesirable in the Empire of Japan, especially socialism and communism, often with political indoctrination
Verb
転向する • (tenkō suru) suru (stem 転向し (tenkō shi), past 転向した (tenkō shita))
- to undergo conversion
- (historical, specifically) to abandon ideologies deemed as undesirable in the Empire of Japan, especially socialism and communism, often with political indoctrination
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 転向し | てんこうし | tenkō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 転向し | てんこうし | tenkō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 転向する | てんこうする | tenkō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 転向する | てんこうする | tenkō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 転向すれ | てんこうすれ | tenkō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 転向せよ¹ 転向しろ² |
てんこうせよ¹ てんこうしろ² |
tenkō seyo¹ tenkō shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 転向される | てんこうされる | tenkō sareru |
| Causative | 転向させる 転向さす |
てんこうさせる てんこうさす |
tenkō saseru tenkō sasu |
| Potential | 転向できる | てんこうできる | tenkō dekiru |
| Volitional | 転向しよう | てんこうしよう | tenkō shiyō |
| Negative | 転向しない | てんこうしない | tenkō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 転向せず | てんこうせず | tenkō sezu |
| Formal | 転向します | てんこうします | tenkō shimasu |
| Perfective | 転向した | てんこうした | tenkō shita |
| Conjunctive | 転向して | てんこうして | tenkō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 転向すれば | てんこうすれば | tenkō sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- “転向”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026