陶酔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陶 酔
とう
Grade: S 		すい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
陶醉 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 陶 (tō, “pleased, contented”) +‎ 酔 (sui, “intoxicated”). Perhaps from Middle Chinese 陶醉.

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Pronunciation

Noun

陶(とう)酔(すい) • (tōsui) 

  1. intoxication

Derived terms

  • 自己陶酔

Verb

陶(とう)酔(すい)する • (tōsui suru) suru (stem 陶(とう)酔(すい)し (tōsui shi), past 陶(とう)酔(すい)した (tōsui shita))

  1. be intoxicated
  2. (figurative) be carried away (by); be enraptured (with)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "陶酔する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 陶酔し とうすいし tōsui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 陶酔し とうすいし tōsui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 陶酔する とうすいする tōsui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 陶酔する とうすいする tōsui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 陶酔すれ とうすいすれ tōsui sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 陶酔せよ¹
陶酔しろ² 		とうすいせよ¹
とうすいしろ² 		tōsui seyo¹
tōsui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 陶酔される とうすいされる tōsui sareru
Causative 陶酔させる
陶酔さす 		とうすいさせる
とうすいさす 		tōsui saseru
tōsui sasu
Potential 陶酔できる とうすいできる tōsui dekiru
Volitional 陶酔しよう とうすいしよう tōsui shiyō
Negative 陶酔しない とうすいしない tōsui shinai
Negative continuative 陶酔せず とうすいせず tōsui sezu
Formal 陶酔します とうすいします tōsui shimasu
Perfective 陶酔した とうすいした tōsui shita
Conjunctive 陶酔して とうすいして tōsui shite
Hypothetical conditional 陶酔すれば とうすいすれば tōsui 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. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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