レペゼン

Japanese

Etymology

From English represent

Noun

レペゼン • (repezen) 

1. (slang, music, hip-hop) representation, representing (a hometown, etc.)
   • 2019, Shirakawa Momoko, “Repezen Chikyū DJ shachō ni kiita ‘Ano, detchiage sekuhara enjō, nan dattan desu ka?'’ [Repezen Chikyū DJ manager: ‘Um, that fake sexual harassment flare-up, what was that?’]”, in HuffPost‎^[1]:

     2019(にせんじゅうきゅう)年(ねん)7(しち)月(がつ)17(じゅうなな)日(にち)、人(にん)気(き )D(ディー)J(ジェイ)集( しゅう)団(だん)「レペゼン地(ち)球(きゅう)」の事(じ)務(む)所(しょ)に所(しょ)属(ぞく)するジャスミンさんが、D(ディー)J(ジェイ)社( しゃ)長(ちょう)から「LINE(ライン)で何(なん)度(ど)もホテルに誘(さそ)われて困(こま)っている、事(じ)務(む)所(しょ)を辞(や)める」とツイート。

     Nisenjūkyūnen shichigatsu jūnananichi, ninki dījei shūdan “Repezen Chikyū” no jimusho ni shozoku suru Jasumin-san ga, dījei shachō kara “Rain de nando mo hoteru ni sasowarete komatte-iru, jimusho o yameru” to tsuīto.

     On 17 July 2019, Jasmine, an office worker for the popular DJ collective ‘Repezen Chikyū’ tweeted about the DJ manager, ‘I’m troubled by him inviting me to go to a hotel over and over again via LINE, so I quit the job.’

   • 2020, REAL MUSIC GROUP (lyrics and music), “REAL Gyōkai”‎^[2]performed by REAL-T:

     レペゼンREAL(リアル)のIma(アイマ) REAL(リアル)-T(ティー)
     帰(かえ)ってきました俺(おれ)のREAL(リアル)に
     レペゼンREAL(リアル)のIma(アイマ) T(ティー)
     帰(かえ)ってきました業(ぎょう)界(かい)に

     Repezen Riaru no aima Riaru-Tī
     Kaette-kimashita ore no Riaru ni
     Repezen Riaru no aima Tī
     Kaette-kimashita gyōkai ni

     Representing REAL, I’m REAL-T
     I’ve come back to my REAL
     Representing REAL, I’m T
     I’ve come back to the industry

   • 2021 February 10 (last accessed), “‘Repezen-maindo’ o minitsuke, tsuyoi ishi o motsu [Master your ‘repezen mind’, take charge of your strong will]”, in Repezen LOCAL‎^[3]:

     子(こ)供(ども)も大人(おとな)も、サラリーマンも学(がく)生(せい)も、先(せん)輩(ぱい)後(こう)輩(はい)も、全(すべ)ての人(ひと)は「レペゼンマインド」を持(も)っている。 […] 「レペゼンLOCAL(ローカル)」のワークショップはその潜(せん)在(ざい)的(てき)マインドを引(ひ)き出(だ)し、みんなの様(さま)々(ざま)な思(おも)いをレペゼンラップにして発(はっ)信(しん)する。

     Kodomo mo otona mo, sararīman mo gakusei mo, senpai-kōhai mo, subete no hito wa “repezen maindo” o motte-iru. […] “Repezen Rōkaru” no wākushoppu wa sono senzaiteki maindo o hikidashi, minna no samazama na omoi o repezen rappu ni shite hasshin suru.

     Children or adults, workers or students, seniors or juniors, every person has a ‘repezen mind’. ‘Repezen Local’ workshops serve to bring out that latent mind, so that everyone’s various ideas can be shared through representing rap.

Verb

レペゼンする • (repezen suru) suru (stem レペゼンし (repezensuru shi), past レペゼンした (repezensuru shita))

1. (slang, music, hip-hop) represent (a hometown etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "レペゼンする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	レペゼンし	repezen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	レペゼンし	repezen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	レペゼンする	repezen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	レペゼンする	repezen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	レペゼンすれ	repezen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	レペゼンせよ¹ レペゼンしろ²	repezen seyo¹ repezen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	レペゼンされる	repezen sareru
Causative	レペゼンさせる レペゼンさす	repezen saseru repezen sasu
Potential	レペゼンできる	repezen dekiru
Volitional	レペゼンしよう	repezen shiyō
Negative	レペゼンしない	repezen shinai
Negative continuative	レペゼンせず	repezen sezu
Formal	レペゼンします	repezen shimasu
Perfective	レペゼンした	repezen shita
Conjunctive	レペゼンして	repezen shite
Hypothetical conditional	レペゼンすれば	repezen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative