牽制

See also: 牵制

Chinese
lead along
 
system; to make; to manufacture
system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate
trad. (牽制) 牽 制
simp. (牵制) 牵 制

Pronunciation

Verb

牽制

  1. (figurative) to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
  2. (baseball) to stop a runner from stealing a base by throwing the baseball to the man on base

Synonyms
  • (to pin down): 拖 (tuō)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
牽 制
けん
Jinmeiyō		 せい
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
けん制

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けんせー [kèńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

牽(けん)制(せい) • (kensei) 

  1. restraint, a check

Descendants
  • Korean: 겐세이 (gensei)

Verb

牽(けん)制(せい)する • (kensei suru) transitive suru (stem 牽(けん)制(せい)し (kensei shi), past 牽(けん)制(せい)した (kensei shita))

  1. restrain, constrain

Conjugation
Conjugation of "牽制する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 牽制し けんせいし kensei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 牽制し けんせいし kensei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 牽制する けんせいする kensei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 牽制する けんせいする kensei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 牽制すれ けんせいすれ kensei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 牽制せよ¹
牽制しろ²		 けんせいせよ¹
けんせいしろ²		 kensei seyo¹
kensei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 牽制される けんせいされる kensei sareru
Causative 牽制させる
牽制さす		 けんせいさせる
けんせいさす		 kensei saseru
kensei sasu
Potential 牽制できる けんせいできる kensei dekiru
Volitional 牽制しよう けんせいしよう kensei shiyō
Negative 牽制しない けんせいしない kensei shinai
Negative continuative 牽制せず けんせいせず kensei sezu
Formal 牽制します けんせいします kensei shimasu
Perfective 牽制した けんせいした kensei shita
Conjunctive 牽制して けんせいして kensei shite
Hypothetical conditional 牽制すれば けんせいすれば kensei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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