煎じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
煎
せん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Shift from verb 煎(せん)ずる (senzuru), 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) せんじる [sèńjíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) せんじる [sèńjírú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑiɾɯ̟]

Verb

煎(せん)じる • (senjiru) transitive ichidan (stem 煎(せん)じ (senji), past 煎(せん)じた (senjita))

to boil; to decoct; to infuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of "煎じる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	煎じ	せんじ	senji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	煎じ	せんじ	senji
Shūshikei ("terminal")	煎じる	せんじる	senjiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	煎じる	せんじる	senjiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	煎じれ	せんじれ	senjire
Meireikei ("imperative")	煎じよ¹ 煎じろ²	せんじよ¹ せんじろ²	senjiyo¹ senjiro²
Key constructions
Passive	煎じられる	せんじられる	senjirareru
Causative	煎じさせる煎じさす	せんじさせるせんじさす	senjisaseru senjisasu
Potential	煎じられる煎じれる³	せんじられるせんじれる³	senjirareru senjireru³
Volitional	煎じよう	せんじよう	senjiyō
Negative	煎じない煎じぬ煎じん	せんじないせんじぬせんじん	senjinai senjinu senjin
Negative continuative	煎じず	せんじず	senjizu
Formal	煎じます	せんじます	senjimasu
Perfective	煎じた	せんじた	senjita
Conjunctive	煎じて	せんじて	senjite
Hypothetical conditional	煎じれば	せんじれば	senjireba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

爪(つめ)の垢(あか)を煎(せん)じて飲(の)む (tsume no aka o senjite nomu)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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

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