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下一段活用 (しもいちだんかつよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

下しも一いち段だん活かつ用よう

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Meanings

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noun

lower bigrade conjugation; conjugation of ichidan verbs ending in -eru

Technical term in Japanese grammar for the conjugation pattern of vowel-stem verbs whose dictionary form ends in -eru (e.g., 食べる, 教える).

「食たべる」は下しも一いち段だん活かつ用ようの動どう詞しです。
"Taberu" is a lower bigrade conjugation verb.
下しも一いち段だん活かつ用ようの動どう

詞し

は

、

語ご

幹かん

が

「

え

」

段だん

で

終お

わり

ます

。

The stems of lower bigrade verbs end in the 'e' row.

Kanji

下below, down, descend
一one, one radical (no.1)
段grade, steps, stairs
活lively, resuscitation, being helped
用utilize, business, service

Similar words

上かみ一いち段だん活かつ用よう
上一段活用 refers to ichidan verbs ending in -iru (e.g., 見る), while 下一段活用 refers to those ending in -eru.
五ご段だん活かつ用よう
五段活用 (godan) verbs have stems ending in a consonant and use all five vowel rows, unlike the single-vowel stems of 下一段活用 verbs.

Etymology

Compound of 下 (しも, 'lower'), 一段 (いちだん, 'one-grade'), and 活用 (かつよう, 'conjugation'). Refers to the fact that the verb stem ends in the lower 'e' row of the kana chart.