にせる
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 似せる |
Etymology
From Old Japanese にす, in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.
Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.
Verb
にせる • (niseru) transitive ichidan (stem にせ (nise), past にせた (niseta))
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | にせる |
| mediopassive | にる |
Conjugation
Conjugation of "にせる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | にせ | nise | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | にせ | nise | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | にせる | niseru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | にせる | niseru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | にせれ | nisere | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | にせよ¹ にせろ² |
niseyo¹ nisero² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | にせられる | niserareru | ||
| Causative | にせさせる にせさす |
nisesaseru nisesasu | ||
| Potential | にせられる にせれる³ |
niserareru nisereru³ | ||
| Volitional | にせよう | niseyō | ||
| Negative | にせない にせぬ にせん |
nisenai nisenu nisen | ||
| Negative continuative | にせず | nisezu | ||
| Formal | にせます | nisemasu | ||
| Perfective | にせた | niseta | ||
| Conjunctive | にせて | nisete | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | にせれば | nisereba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Derived terms
- 偽 (nise)