口寄せ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
口 寄
くち
Grade: 1		 よ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) +‎ 寄せ (yose, “drawing something near”), the stem noun form of verb 寄せる (yoseru, “to make something draw near”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くちよせ [kùchíyósé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕijo̞se̞]

Noun

口(くち)寄(よ)せ • (kuchiyose) 

  1. spiritualism, spiritism: channelling, summoning spirits and giving them a voice
    Synonyms: (calling the spirits of the dead) 降霊 (kōrei), (communicating with the spirits of the dead) 交霊 (kōrei)
  2. a medium, a spiritualist
    Synonyms: (spirit medium) 霊媒 (reibei), (divine medium) 神媒 (shinbai)

Derived terms

Verb

口(くち)寄(よ)せする • (kuchiyose suru) suru (stem 口(くち)寄(よ)せし (kuchiyose shi), past 口(くち)寄(よ)せした (kuchiyose shita))

  1. to act as a medium, to communicate with spirits, to give voice to the dead

Conjugation
Conjugation of "口寄せする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 口寄せし くちよせし kuchiyose shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 口寄せし くちよせし kuchiyose shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 口寄せする くちよせする kuchiyose suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 口寄せする くちよせする kuchiyose suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 口寄せすれ くちよせすれ kuchiyose sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 口寄せせよ¹
口寄せしろ²		 くちよせせよ¹
くちよせしろ²		 kuchiyose seyo¹
kuchiyose shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 口寄せされる くちよせされる kuchiyose sareru
Causative 口寄せさせる
口寄せさす		 くちよせさせる
くちよせさす		 kuchiyose saseru
kuchiyose sasu
Potential 口寄せできる くちよせできる kuchiyose dekiru
Volitional 口寄せしよう くちよせしよう kuchiyose shiyō
Negative 口寄せしない くちよせしない kuchiyose shinai
Negative continuative 口寄せせず くちよせせず kuchiyose sezu
Formal 口寄せします くちよせします kuchiyose shimasu
Perfective 口寄せした くちよせした kuchiyose shita
Conjunctive 口寄せして くちよせして kuchiyose shite
Hypothetical conditional 口寄せすれば くちよせすれば kuchiyose sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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