終止形

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終	止	形
しゅう Grade: 3	し Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅうしけー [shùúshíkéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːɕi̥ke̞ː]

Noun

終(しゅう)止(し)形(けい) • (shūshikei) ^{←しゆうしけい (syuusikei)?}

1. (grammar) an inflectional category; the conclusive form (the form used at the ends of clauses in predicate positions)

See also

• 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei, “irrealis”)
• 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “adverbial”)
• 連体形(れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “attributive”)
• 已然形(いぜんけい) (izenkei, “realis”)
• 仮定形(かていけい) (kateikei, “conditional”)
• 命令形(めいれいけい) (meireikei, “imperative”)

References

• Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990) The languages of Japan, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 221-224