洗脳
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 洗 | 脳 |
| せん Grade: 6 |
のう Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 洗腦 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 洗 (sen, “washing”) + 脳 (nō, “brain”), calque of English brain-washing, itself a calque of Chinese 洗腦 / 洗脑 (xǐnǎo).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Verb
[edit]洗脳する • (sennō suru) ←せんなう (sennau)?transitive suru (stem 洗脳し (sennō shi), past 洗脳した (sennō shita))
- to brainwash
Conjugation
[edit]| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 洗脳し | せんのうし | sennō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 洗脳し | せんのうし | sennō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 洗脳する | せんのうする | sennō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 洗脳する | せんのうする | sennō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 洗脳すれ | せんのうすれ | sennō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 洗脳せよ¹ 洗脳しろ² |
せんのうせよ¹ せんのうしろ² |
sennō seyo¹ sennō shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 洗脳される | せんのうされる | sennō sareru |
| Causative | 洗脳させる 洗脳さす |
せんのうさせる せんのうさす |
sennō saseru sennō sasu |
| Potential | 洗脳できる | せんのうできる | sennō dekiru |
| Volitional | 洗脳しよう | せんのうしよう | sennō shiyō |
| Negative | 洗脳しない | せんのうしない | sennō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 洗脳せず | せんのうせず | sennō sezu |
| Formal | 洗脳します | せんのうします | sennō shimasu |
| Perfective | 洗脳した | せんのうした | sennō shita |
| Conjunctive | 洗脳して | せんのうして | sennō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 洗脳すれば | せんのうすれば | sennō sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
[edit]- “洗脳”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
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