投じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
投
とう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Shift from 投(とう)ずる (tōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, “s-irregular conjugation”) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

Verb

投(とう)じる • (tōjiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 投(とう)じ (tōji), past 投(とう)じた (tōjita))

  1. cast, throw
  2. invest

Conjugation

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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