回李
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 回 | 李 |
| かい Grade: 2 |
り Jinmeiyō |
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 廻李 |
Etymology
From 回 (kai, “return”) + 李 (ri, “plum”). The figurative use of 李 (ri) is from the following line in the Classic of Poetry:
- Original Chinese: 投我以桃、報之以李
- Japanese reading: 我に投ずるに桃を以ってすれば、これに報ゆるに李を以ってす (ware ni tōzuru ni momo o motte sureba, kore ni mukuyuru ni sumomo o motte su, “Translation by James Legge: When one throws to me a peach, I return to him a plum.”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ka̠iɾʲi]
Noun
Conjugation
Conjugation of "回李する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 回李し | かいりし | kairi shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 回李し | かいりし | kairi shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 回李する | かいりする | kairi suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 回李する | かいりする | kairi suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 回李すれ | かいりすれ | kairi sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 回李せよ¹ 回李しろ² |
かいりせよ¹ かいりしろ² |
kairi seyo¹ kairi shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 回李される | かいりされる | kairi sareru | |
| Causative | 回李させる 回李さす |
かいりさせる かいりさす |
kairi saseru kairi sasu | |
| Potential | 回李できる | かいりできる | kairi dekiru | |
| Volitional | 回李しよう | かいりしよう | kairi shiyō | |
| Negative | 回李しない | かいりしない | kairi shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 回李せず | かいりせず | kairi sezu | |
| Formal | 回李します | かいりします | kairi shimasu | |
| Perfective | 回李した | かいりした | kairi shita | |
| Conjunctive | 回李して | かいりして | kairi shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 回李すれば | かいりすれば | kairi sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
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