下二段活用

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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
下	二	段	活用

[edit] Etymology

A compound of 下二段 (shimo nidan), “‘lower bigrade’”) and 活用 (katsuyō), “‘conjugation’”). Lower bigrade verbs eventually change into lower monograde. Lower refers to the -e- suffix and contrasts with the upper -i-, while bigrade refers to the two-way e/u variation.

[edit] Noun

下二段活用 (hiragana しもにだんかつよう, romaji shimo nidan katsuyō)

1. (grammar) lower bigrade conjugation; a verbal conjugation class which the following inflections: e/e/u/uru/ure/e[yo]. Examples:

	Irrealis	Adverbial	Conclusive	Attributive	Realis	Imperative
uk- "to receive"	uk-e	uk-e	uk-u	uk-uru	uk-ure	uk-e[yo]
nig- "to flee"	nig-e	nig-e	nig-u	nig-uru	nig-ure	nig-e[yo]
tab- "to eat"	tab-e	tab-e	tab-u	tab-uru	tab-ure	tab-e[yo]

[edit] See also

• 下一段活用 (shimo 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)
• 上二段活用 (kami nidan 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)
• 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō)