指す

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Cognate with () (sasu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "指す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
指す [sáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 指せ [sáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 指される され [sàsáréꜜrù]
Causative 指させる させ [sàsáséꜜrù]
Potential 指せる [sàséꜜrù]
Volitional 指そう [sàsóꜜò]
Negative 指さない ない [sàsáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 指さなかった なかった [sàsáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 指します しま [sàshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 指した した [sáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 指して して [sáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 指せば せば [sáꜜsèbà]

Verb

() • (sasu) transitive godan (stem () (sashi), past ()した (sashita))

  1. point (at, to)
  2. indicate; specify; point out
  3. (shogi, chess) play (the game or a move); move (a piece); make (a move)

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.