奏でる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
奏
かな
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かなで​る [kànádéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠na̠de̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

奏(かな)でる • (kanaderu) transitive ichidan (stem 奏(かな)で (kanade), past 奏(かな)でた (kanadeta))

  1. to play (a musical instrument or piece of music)
    バイオリンを奏(かな)でる
    baiorin o kanaderu
    to play the violin
    君(きみ)が代(よ)を奏(かな)でる
    Kimi ga Yo o kanaderu
    to play "Kimi ga Yo"

Conjugation
Conjugation of "奏でる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 奏で かなで kanade
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 奏で かなで kanade
Shūshikei ("terminal") 奏でる かなでる kanaderu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 奏でる かなでる kanaderu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 奏でれ かなでれ kanadere
Meireikei ("imperative") 奏でよ¹
奏でろ²		 かなでよ¹
かなでろ²		 kanadeyo¹
kanadero²
Key constructions
Passive 奏でられる かなでられる kanaderareru
Causative 奏でさせる
奏でさす		 かなでさせる
かなでさす		 kanadesaseru
kanadesasu
Potential 奏でられる
奏でれる³		 かなでられる
かなでれる³		 kanaderareru
kanadereru³
Volitional 奏でよう かなでよう kanadeyō
Negative 奏でない
奏でぬ
奏でん		 かなでない
かなでぬ
かなでん		 kanadenai
kanadenu
kanaden
Negative continuative 奏でず かなでず kanadezu
Formal 奏でます かなでます kanademasu
Perfective 奏でた かなでた kanadeta
Conjunctive 奏でて かなでて kanadete
Hypothetical conditional 奏でれば かなでれば kanadereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

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