律動

Chinese
law
 
to move; to change; to use
to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (律動) 律 動
simp. (律动) 律 动

Pronunciation

Verb

律動

  1. to beat regularly

Noun

律動

  1. (figurative) rhythm (of society etc.); pace

Japanese
Kanji in this term
律 動
りつ
Grade: 6		 どう
Grade: 3
kan’on kan’yōon

Etymology

Probably from written Chinese 律動／律动 (lǜdòng, “rhythm; to beat rhythmically”).

First cited to a text from 1919.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

律(りつ)動(どう) • (ritsudō) 

  1. [from 1919] rhythm, rhythmic movement
    Synonym: リズム (rizumu)
    詩(し)の律(りつ)動(どう)
    shi no ritsudō
    the poem's rhythm
    • 2018, Yūki Toshiya, Riaru nōsotchū: kansha nihyaku-nin no nama no koe [Real stroke: 200 patients in their own voices], page 39:
      人(ひと)それぞれに特(とく)徴(ちょう)があるでしょう。私(わたし)話(はな)すとは身(しん)体(たい)的(てき)律(りつ)動(どう)です。その意(い)味(み)では音(おん)楽(がく)と似(に)た側(そく)面(めん)があります。
      Hito sorezore ni tokuchō ga aru deshō. Watashi hanasu to wa shintaiteki ritsudō desu. Sono imi de wa ongaku to nita sokumen ga arimasu.
      Each person has their own distinctiveness. I am talking about a bodily rhythm. I mean there is an aspect that is something like music.

Verb

律(りつ)動(どう)する • (ritsudō suru) suru (stem 律(りつ)動(どう)し (ritsudō shi), past 律(りつ)動(どう)した (ritsudō shita))

  1. to move rhythmically

Conjugation
Conjugation of "律動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 律動し りつどうし ritsudō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 律動し りつどうし ritsudō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 律動する りつどうする ritsudō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 律動する りつどうする ritsudō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 律動すれ りつどうすれ ritsudō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 律動せよ¹
律動しろ²		 りつどうせよ¹
りつどうしろ²		 ritsudō seyo¹
ritsudō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 律動される りつどうされる ritsudō sareru
Causative 律動させる
律動さす		 りつどうさせる
りつどうさす		 ritsudō saseru
ritsudō sasu
Potential 律動できる りつどうできる ritsudō dekiru
Volitional 律動しよう りつどうしよう ritsudō shiyō
Negative 律動しない りつどうしない ritsudō shinai
Negative continuative 律動せず りつどうせず ritsudō sezu
Formal 律動します りつどうします ritsudō shimasu
Perfective 律動した りつどうした ritsudō shita
Conjunctive 律動して りつどうして ritsudō shite
Hypothetical conditional 律動すれば りつどうすれば ritsudō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. “律動”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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