施す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほどこ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 解く (hodoku).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「施す
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
施す どこ [hòdókóꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 施せ どこ [hòdókóꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 施される どこされ [hòdókósáréꜜrù]
Causative 施させる どこさせ [hòdókósáséꜜrù]
Potential 施せる どこせ [hòdókóséꜜrù]
Volitional 施そう どこそ [hòdókósóꜜò]
Negative 施さない どこさない [hòdókósáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 施さなかった どこさなかった [hòdókósáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 施します どこしま [hòdókóshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 施した どこした [hòdókóꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 施して どこして [hòdókóꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 施せば どこせば [hòdókóꜜsèbà]

Verb

(ほどこ) • (hodokosutransitive godan (stem (ほどこ) (hodokoshi), past (ほどこ)した (hodokoshita))

  1. to donate, to give
  2. to do, to perform (a surgical operation), to administer (medical treatment), to apply (treatment to a material)
    • 2025 July 26, “「無塗装のサメ肌」でECOへGO! リニア中央新幹線、新型中間車両M10を公開”, in 中日新聞 [Chunichi Shimbun], morning edition, number 29685, page 1:
      サメ肌を模したフィルムを車体表面に施すなどして空気抵抗を1%削減した。
      Same hada o moshita firumu o shatai hyōmen ni hodokosu nado shite kūki teikō o 1% sakugen shita.
      Air resistance was reduced by 1% by applying a film that resembles shark skin to the surface of the cars.

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN