返事

Japanese
Kanji in this term
返 事
へん
Grade: 3		 じ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
返辞

Alternative forms
  • (honorific) お返事(へんじ) (o-henji), ご返事(へんじ) (go-henji)

Etymology

Sinicization of 返(かえ)り事(ごと) (kaerigoto), from Old Japanese 返(かへ)り事(ごと) (kaferigoto, “reply, response”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) へんじ​ [hèńjíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [hẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

返(へん)事(じ) • (henji) 

  1. reply, response
  2. answer

Synonyms

Verb

返(へん)事(じ)する • (henji suru) suru (stem 返(へん)事(じ)し (henji shi), past 返(へん)事(じ)した (henji shita))

  1. to reply, respond
  2. give an answer

Conjugation
Conjugation of "返事する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 返事し へんじし henji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 返事し へんじし henji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 返事する へんじする henji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 返事する へんじする henji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 返事すれ へんじすれ henji sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 返事せよ¹
返事しろ²		 へんじせよ¹
へんじしろ²		 henji seyo¹
henji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 返事される へんじされる henji sareru
Causative 返事させる
返事さす		 へんじさせる
へんじさす		 henji saseru
henji sasu
Potential 返事できる へんじできる henji dekiru
Volitional 返事しよう へんじしよう henji shiyō
Negative 返事しない へんじしない henji shinai
Negative continuative 返事せず へんじせず henji sezu
Formal 返事します へんじします henji shimasu
Perfective 返事した へんじした henji shita
Conjunctive 返事して へんじして henji shite
Hypothetical conditional 返事すれば へんじすれば henji sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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