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覚悟

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
覚 悟
かく
Grade: 4 		ご
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
覺悟 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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覚(かく)悟(ご) • (kakugo) 

  1. resolution; mental readiness
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎[2]:
      牛乳配達(ぎゅうにゅうはいたつ)をしても食(く)ってられると覚悟(かくご)をした。
      Gyūnyū haitatsu o shite mo kutterareru to kakugo o shita.
      I resolved that I would live by myself even if I had to do milk delivery.
  2. abandonment

Verb

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覚(かく)悟(ご)する • (kakugo suru) transitive suru (stem 覚(かく)悟(ご)し (kakugo shi), past 覚(かく)悟(ご)した (kakugo shita))

  1. to prepare oneself; to be mentally ready

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "覚悟する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 覚悟し かくごし kakugo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 覚悟し かくごし kakugo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 覚悟する かくごする kakugo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 覚悟する かくごする kakugo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 覚悟すれ かくごすれ kakugo sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 覚悟せよ¹
覚悟しろ² 		かくごせよ¹
かくごしろ² 		kakugo seyo¹
kakugo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 覚悟される かくごされる kakugo sareru
Causative 覚悟させる
覚悟さす 		かくごさせる
かくごさす 		kakugo saseru
kakugo sasu
Potential 覚悟できる かくごできる kakugo dekiru
Volitional 覚悟しよう かくごしよう kakugo shiyō
Negative 覚悟しない かくごしない kakugo shinai
Negative continuative 覚悟せず かくごせず kakugo sezu
Formal 覚悟します かくごします kakugo shimasu
Perfective 覚悟した かくごした kakugo shita
Conjunctive 覚悟して かくごして kakugo shite
Hypothetical conditional 覚悟すれば かくごすれば kakugo sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “かく‐ご 【覚悟】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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