スイッチ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English switch.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

スイッチ • (suitchi) 

  1. switch, a device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow
  2. (rail transport) switch of a railroad, point of a railroad
  3. a change in method or thinking
  4. (computing) network switch

See also

Verb

スイッチする • (suitchi suru) suru (stem スイッチし (suitchi shi), past スイッチした (suitchi shita))

  1. change one's methods or ways of thinking

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

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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