司る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
つかさど
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of (tsukasa, position of authority) +‎ 取る (toru, to take).[1][2] The toru changes to doru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "司る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
司る かさど [tsùkásádóꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 司れ かさど [tsùkásádóꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 司られる かさどられ [tsùkásádóráréꜜrù]
Causative 司らせる かさどらせ [tsùkásádóráséꜜrù]
Potential 司れる かさどれ [tsùkásádóréꜜrù]
Volitional 司ろう かさどろ [tsùkásádóróꜜò]
Negative 司らない かさどらない [tsùkásádóráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 司らなかった かさどらなかった [tsùkásádóráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 司ります かさどりま [tsùkásádórímáꜜsù]
Perfective 司った かさどった [tsùkásádóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 司って かさどって [tsùkásádóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 司れば かさどれば [tsùkásádóꜜrèbà]

Verb

(つかさど) (tsukasadorutransitive godan (stem (つかさど) (tsukasadori), past (つかさど)った (tsukasadotta))

  1. To manage or be in charge of a role or job, in a position of responsibility.
    会計事務(かいけいじむ)(つかさど)(もの)
    kaikei jimu o tsukasadoru mono
    the person in charge of or responsible for the accounting work
  2. To rule, control, or administer people or things, from a position of authority.
    生死(せいし)(つかさど)(かみ)
    seishi o tsukasadoru kami
    the god controlling life and death
  3. (biology) To carry out a role, to serve a function, as done by an organ of the body.
    呼吸(こきゅう)(つかさど)臓器(ぞうき)(はい)です。
    Kokyū o tsukasadoru zōki wa hai desu.
    The organ that handles breathing is the lungs.

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.