上二段活用

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 See also 1.4 Related terms

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	二	段	活用

[edit] Etymology

A compound of 上二段 (kami nidan), “‘upper duel grade’”) and 活用 (katsuyō), “‘conjugation’”). Eventually changes into 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō) verbs. The "upper" notation refers to the base -i which comes before the "lower" -e in Japanese order.

[edit] Noun

上二段活用 (hiragana かみにだんかつよう, romaji kami nidan katsuyō)

1. (grammar) upper duel grade conjugation; a verbal conjugation class which has the following inflections: i/i/u/uru/ure/i[yo]. Examples:

	Irrealis	Adverbial	Conclusive	Attributive	Realis	Imperative
ok- "to rise"	ok-i	ok-i	ok-u	ok-uru	ok-ure	ok-i[yo]
sug- "to spend"	sug-i	sug-i	sug-u	sug-uru	sug-ure	sug-i[yo]
ik- "to live"	ik-i	ik-i	ik-u	ik-uru	ik-ure	ik-i[yo]

[edit] See also

• 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō)

[edit] Related terms

• 五段活用 (godan katsuyō)
• カ行変格活用 (kagyō henkaku katsuyō)
• 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō)
• ナ行変格活用 (nagyō henkaku katsuyō)
• ラ行変格活用 (ragyō henkaku katsuyō)
• サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō)
• 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō)
• 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō)
• 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō)