形作る

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
形 作
かたち
Grade: 2 		つく > づく
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 形 (katachi, “shape”) +‎ 作る (tsukuru, “to build, to make”).[1][2] The tsukuru changes to zukuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) かたちづく​る [kàtáchízúkúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠t͡ɕizɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb[edit]

形(かたち)作(づく)る • (katachizukuru) transitive ichidan (stem 形(かたち)作(づく) (katachizuku), past 形(かたち)作(づく)た (katachizukuta))

  1. to shape something, to give form to something

形(かたち)作(づく)る • (katachizukuru) intransitive ichidan (stem 形(かたち)作(づく) (katachizuku), past 形(かたち)作(づく)た (katachizukuta))

  1. to take shape, to come together
  2. to compose or comprise something, to make up a group

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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