私する

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
わたくし
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

First attested around the mid-Muromachi period.[1]

Calque of Literary Chinese (), derived from (watakushi, private (matter), selfishness) +‎ する (suru, to do).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) たくしする [wàtákúshísúrú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ta̠kɯ̟ᵝɕisɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb[edit]

(わたくし)する (watakushisurusuru (stem (わたくし) (watakushishi), past (わたくし)した (watakushishita))

  1. to privatize, especially to appropriate something public and secure it for personal use:
    1. to misappropriate
    2. to embezzle
    3. to abuse the power of a public office or institution for personal gain
  2. to behave selfishly

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

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