伝言
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 伝 | 言 |
| でん Grade: 4 |
ごん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 傳言 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]There is an implication that 伝言 refers to a verbal message, but this is not always the case; it can also refer to a written message. It is frequently used in association with telephone calls.
Synonyms
[edit]- SMS (esu-emu-esu)
Idioms
[edit]- 伝言を頼まれる (dengon o tanomareru): to be charged with a message for someone
Related terms
[edit]- 伝言板 (dengonban): message board
- 伝言ゲーム (dengon gēmu): Chinese whispers
Verb
[edit]伝言する • (dengon suru) transitive suru (stem 伝言し (dengon shi), past 伝言した (dengon shita))
- to send word; to give a message
- 1936, 海野十三 [Unno Jūza], chapter 22, in 深夜の市長[1]:
- 僕は予てマスミに対して伝言したい一つの事柄を持っていたのに気がついた。
- Boku wa kanete Masumi ni taishite dengon shitai hitotsu no kotogara o motte ita no ni ki ga tsuita.
- I realized that I had one message I wanted to convey to Masumi.
Conjugation
[edit]| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 伝言し | でんごんし | dengon shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 伝言し | でんごんし | dengon shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 伝言する | でんごんする | dengon suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 伝言する | でんごんする | dengon suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 伝言すれ | でんごんすれ | dengon sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 伝言せよ¹ 伝言しろ² |
でんごんせよ¹ でんごんしろ² |
dengon seyo¹ dengon shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 伝言される | でんごんされる | dengon sareru |
| Causative | 伝言させる 伝言さす |
でんごんさせる でんごんさす |
dengon saseru dengon sasu |
| Potential | 伝言できる | でんごんできる | dengon dekiru |
| Volitional | 伝言しよう | でんごんしよう | dengon shiyō |
| Negative | 伝言しない | でんごんしない | dengon shinai |
| Negative continuative | 伝言せず | でんごんせず | dengon sezu |
| Formal | 伝言します | でんごんします | dengon shimasu |
| Perfective | 伝言した | でんごんした | dengon shita |
| Conjunctive | 伝言して | でんごんして | dengon shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 伝言すれば | でんごんすれば | dengon sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- “伝言”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
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