着手

See also: 著手

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 着手 – see 著手 (“to set about; to start”).
(This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 著手).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
着 手
ちゃく
Grade: 3		 しゅ
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

Pronunciation

Noun

着(ちゃく)手(しゅ) • (chakushu) 

  1. start, initiation, beginning
    Synonyms: 開始 (kaishi), 到来 (tōrai)
    Antonyms: 終了 (shūryō), 終結 (shūketsu), 完了 (kanryō)
    Hyponyms: 起工 (kikō, “starting construction”), 着工 (chakkō, “starting construction”)

Verb

着(ちゃく)手(しゅ)する • (chakushu suru) intransitive suru (stem 着(ちゃく)手(しゅ)し (chakushu shi), past 着(ちゃく)手(しゅ)した (chakushu shita))

  1. start, initiate, begin, launch
    Synonym: 取り掛かる (torikakaru)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "着手する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 着手し ちゃくしゅし chakushu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 着手し ちゃくしゅし chakushu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 着手する ちゃくしゅする chakushu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 着手する ちゃくしゅする chakushu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 着手すれ ちゃくしゅすれ chakushu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 着手せよ¹
着手しろ²		 ちゃくしゅせよ¹
ちゃくしゅしろ²		 chakushu seyo¹
chakushu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 着手される ちゃくしゅされる chakushu sareru
Causative 着手させる
着手さす		 ちゃくしゅさせる
ちゃくしゅさす		 chakushu saseru
chakushu sasu
Potential 着手できる ちゃくしゅできる chakushu dekiru
Volitional 着手しよう ちゃくしゅしよう chakushu shiyō
Negative 着手しない ちゃくしゅしない chakushu shinai
Negative continuative 着手せず ちゃくしゅせず chakushu sezu
Formal 着手します ちゃくしゅします chakushu shimasu
Perfective 着手した ちゃくしゅした chakushu shita
Conjunctive 着手して ちゃくしゅして chakushu shite
Hypothetical conditional 着手すれば ちゃくしゅすれば chakushu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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