化石
Chinese
    
| to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform | rock; stone; 10 pecks | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (化石) | 化 | 石 | |
| simp. #(化石) | 化 | 石 | |
| anagram | 石化 | ||
Pronunciation
    
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 化 | 石 | 
| か Grade: 3 | せき Grade: 1 | 
| on’yomi | |
Noun
    
化石 • (kaseki) ←くわせき (kwaseki)?
- a fossil
- petrifaction
- (metaphor, insult) out-of-date person, thing
Derived terms
    
- 化石化 (kasekika): fossilize
- 化石学 (kasekigaku): paleontology
- 化石層 (kasekisō): fossil bed
- 化石人類 (kaseki jinrui): fossil men
- 化石燃料 (kaseki nenryō): fossil fuel
- 化石類人猿 (kaseki ruijin'en): anthropoid fossil
- 微化石 (bikaseki): microfossil
- 糞化石 (funkaseki): coprolite, guano
- 示準化石 (jijun-kaseki): index fossil, key fossil
- 生痕化石 (seikon kaseki): trace fossil
- 生きた化石 (ikita kaseki): living fossil, relict
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of "化石する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 化石し | かせきし | kaseki shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 化石し | かせきし | kaseki shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 化石する | かせきする | kaseki suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 化石する | かせきする | kaseki suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 化石すれ | かせきすれ | kaseki sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 化石せよ¹ 化石しろ² | かせきせよ¹ かせきしろ² | kaseki seyo¹ kaseki shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 化石される | かせきされる | kaseki sareru | |
| Causative | 化石させる 化石さす | かせきさせる かせきさす | kaseki saseru kaseki sasu | |
| Potential | 化石できる | かせきできる | kaseki dekiru | |
| Volitional | 化石しよう | かせきしよう | kaseki shiyō | |
| Negative | 化石しない | かせきしない | kaseki shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 化石せず | かせきせず | kaseki sezu | |
| Formal | 化石します | かせきします | kaseki shimasu | |
| Perfective | 化石した | かせきした | kaseki shita | |
| Conjunctive | 化石して | かせきして | kaseki shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 化石すれば | かせきすれば | kaseki sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
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