終止形

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終	止	形
しゅう Grade: 3	し Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅうしけー [shùúshíkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨːɕi̥ke̞ː]

Noun

終(しゅう)止(し)形(けい) • (shūshikei) ^{←しゆうしけい (syuusikei)^?}

(grammar) an inflectional category; the conclusive form (the form used at the ends of clauses in predicate positions)

See also

Appendix:Japanese verbs
未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei, “irrealis”)
連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive”)
已然形(いぜんけい) (izenkei, “realis”)
仮定形(かていけい) (kateikei, “conditional”)
命令形(めいれいけい) (meireikei, “imperative”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224