駆馳

Japanese
Kanji in this term
駆 馳
く
Grade: S		 ち
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
驅馳 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined in Japanese as a compound of Middle Chinese elements 驅馳 (MC khju|khjuH drje, literally “to drive + to speed”).

First cited to a text from c. 1346.[1]

Pronunciation

    Noun

    駆(く)馳(ち) • (kuchi) 

    1. [from 1475] driving with a car, horse, etc.
    2. [from c. 1346] working with affairs

    Verb

    駆(く)馳(ち)する • (kuchi suru) suru (stem 駆(く)馳(ち)し (kuchi shi), past 駆(く)馳(ち)した (kuchi shita))

    1. [from 1475] to drive with a car, horse, etc.
    2. [from c. 1346] to work with affairs

    Conjugation
    Conjugation of "駆馳する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
    Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
    Mizenkei ("imperfective") 駆馳し くちし kuchi shi
    Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 駆馳し くちし kuchi shi
    Shūshikei ("terminal") 駆馳する くちする kuchi suru
    Rentaikei ("attributive") 駆馳する くちする kuchi suru
    Kateikei ("hypothetical") 駆馳すれ くちすれ kuchi sure
    Meireikei ("imperative") 駆馳せよ¹
    駆馳しろ²    		 くちせよ¹
    くちしろ²    		 kuchi seyo¹
    kuchi shiro²
    Key constructions
    Passive 駆馳される くちされる kuchi sareru
    Causative 駆馳させる
    駆馳さす    		 くちさせる
    くちさす    		 kuchi saseru
    kuchi sasu
    Potential 駆馳できる くちできる kuchi dekiru
    Volitional 駆馳しよう くちしよう kuchi shiyō
    Negative 駆馳しない くちしない kuchi shinai
    Negative continuative 駆馳せず くちせず kuchi sezu
    Formal 駆馳します くちします kuchi shimasu
    Perfective 駆馳した くちした kuchi shita
    Conjunctive 駆馳して くちして kuchi shite
    Hypothetical conditional 駆馳すれば くちすれば kuchi sureba
    ¹ Written imperative

    ² Spoken imperative

    References
    1. “駆馳”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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