乗じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
乘じる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Shift from verb (じょう)ずる (jōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じょーじる [jòójírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) じょーじ [jòójíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːʑiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(じょう)じる • (jōjiru) ichidan (stem (じょう) (jōji), past (じょう)じた (jōjita))

  1. to take advantage of
  2. (mathematics) to multiply
  3. to follow blindly

Conjugation

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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