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司る
司る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 司 |
|
つかさど Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
Alternative forms
- 掌る (less common)
Verb
司る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana つかさどる, romaji tsukasadoru)
- To manage or be in charge of a role or job, in a position of responsibility.
- 会計事務を司る者
- kaikei jimu o tsukasadoru mono
- the person in charge of or responsible for the accounting work
- 会計事務を司る者
- To rule, control, or administer people or things, from a position of authority.
- 生死を司る神
- seishi o tsukasadoru kami
- the god controlling life and death
- 生死を司る神
- (biology): To carry out a role, to serve a function, as done by an organ of the body.
- 呼吸を司る臓器は肺です。
- Kokyū o tsukasadoru zōki wa hai desu.
- The organ that handles breathing is the lungs.
- 呼吸を司る臓器は肺です。
Synonyms
- (rule, control):
- (manage, be responsible for):
Conjugation
Conjugation of "司る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 司ら | つかさどら | tsukasadora |
| Continuative (連用形) | 司り | つかさどり | tsukasadori |
| Terminal (終止形) | 司る | つかさどる | tsukasadoru |
| Attributive (連体形) | 司る | つかさどる | tsukasadoru |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 司れ | つかさどれ | tsukasadore |
| Imperative (命令形) | 司れ | つかさどれ | tsukasadore |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 司られる | つかさどられる | tsukasadorareru |
| Causative | 司らせる 司らす |
つかさどらせる つかさどらす |
tsukasadoraseru tsukasadorasu |
| Potential | 司れる | つかさどれる | tsukasadoreru |
| Volitional | 司ろう | つかさどろう | tsukasadorō |
| Negative | 司らない | つかさどらない | tsukasadoranai |
| Negative continuative | 司らず | つかさどらず | tsukasadorazu |
| Formal | 司ります | つかさどります | tsukasadorimasu |
| Perfective | 司った | つかさどった | tsukasadotta |
| Conjunctive | 司って | つかさどって | tsukasadotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 司れば | つかさどれば | tsukasadoreba |
References
- ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.