遠回り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	回
とお Grade: 2	まわ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とおまわり [tòómáꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːma̠β̞a̠ɾʲi]

Noun

遠(とお)回(まわ)り • (tōmawari) ^{←とほまはり (tofomafari)^?}

Related terms

遠(とお)回(まわ)し (tōmawashi)

Verb

遠(とお)回(まわ)りする • (tōmawari suru) ^{←とほまはり (tofomafari)^?}suru (stem 遠(とお)回(まわ)りし (tōmawari shi), past 遠(とお)回(まわ)りした (tōmawari shita))

to make a detour
to go around

Conjugation

Conjugation of "遠回りする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	遠回りし	とおまわりし	tōmawari shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	遠回りし	とおまわりし	tōmawari shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	遠回りする	とおまわりする	tōmawari suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	遠回りする	とおまわりする	tōmawari suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	遠回りすれ	とおまわりすれ	tōmawari sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	遠回りせよ¹ 遠回りしろ²	とおまわりせよ¹ とおまわりしろ²	tōmawari seyo¹ tōmawari shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	遠回りされる	とおまわりされる	tōmawari sareru
Causative	遠回りさせる遠回りさす	とおまわりさせるとおまわりさす	tōmawari saseru tōmawari sasu
Potential	遠回りできる	とおまわりできる	tōmawari dekiru
Volitional	遠回りしよう	とおまわりしよう	tōmawari shiyō
Negative	遠回りしない	とおまわりしない	tōmawari shinai
Negative continuative	遠回りせず	とおまわりせず	tōmawari sezu
Formal	遠回りします	とおまわりします	tōmawari shimasu
Perfective	遠回りした	とおまわりした	tōmawari shita
Conjunctive	遠回りして	とおまわりして	tōmawari shite
Hypothetical conditional	遠回りすれば	とおまわりすれば	tōmawari sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ “遠回り”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 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

[NKD2-4] “遠回り”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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