下座
Japanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕimo̞za̠]
Noun
下座 • (shimoza)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡe̞za̠]
Noun
下座 • (geza)
- showing gratitude to a higher-ranking person; falling prostrate
- lower seat, seat at the foot of the table
- Antonym: 上座 (jōza)
- (theater, Kabuki) area where the musicians accompanying a Kabuki performance sit, and by extension, the musicians themselves
- (Buddhism) rank of a priest in his first nine years of the priesthood
Conjugation
Conjugation of "下座する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 下座し | げざし | geza shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 下座し | げざし | geza shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 下座する | げざする | geza suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 下座する | げざする | geza suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 下座すれ | げざすれ | geza sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 下座せよ¹ 下座しろ² |
げざせよ¹ げざしろ² |
geza seyo¹ geza shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 下座される | げざされる | geza sareru | |
| Causative | 下座させる 下座さす |
げざさせる げざさす |
geza saseru geza sasu | |
| Potential | 下座できる | げざできる | geza dekiru | |
| Volitional | 下座しよう | げざしよう | geza shiyō | |
| Negative | 下座しない | げざしない | geza shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 下座せず | げざせず | geza sezu | |
| Formal | 下座します | げざします | geza shimasu | |
| Perfective | 下座した | げざした | geza shita | |
| Conjunctive | 下座して | げざして | geza shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 下座すれば | げざすれば | geza sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
See also
- 高座 (kōza, “an elevated seat; a pulpit”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.