馳せる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馳
は Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Classical Japanese verb 馳(は)す (hasu).

Development

Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はせ​る [hàséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠se̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

馳(は)せる • (haseru) transitive ichidan (stem 馳(は)せ (hase), past 馳(は)せた (haseta))

Japanese verb pair
active	馳せる
mediopassive	走る

1. to win fame, to be renowned
2. to think of
3. to ride a vehicle or horse a long distance
4. (intransitive) to hurry

Conjugation

Conjugation of "馳せる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	馳せ	はせ	hase
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	馳せ	はせ	hase
Shūshikei ("terminal")	馳せる	はせる	haseru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	馳せる	はせる	haseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	馳せれ	はせれ	hasere
Meireikei ("imperative")	馳せよ¹ 馳せろ²	はせよ¹ はせろ²	haseyo¹ hasero²
Key constructions
Passive	馳せられる	はせられる	haserareru
Causative	馳せさせる 馳せさす	はせさせる はせさす	hasesaseru hasesasu
Potential	馳せられる 馳せれる³	はせられる はせれる³	haserareru hasereru³
Volitional	馳せよう	はせよう	haseyō
Negative	馳せない 馳せぬ 馳せん	はせない はせぬ はせん	hasenai hasenu hasen
Negative continuative	馳せず	はせず	hasezu
Formal	馳せます	はせます	hasemasu
Perfective	馳せた	はせた	haseta
Conjunctive	馳せて	はせて	hasete
Hypothetical conditional	馳せれば	はせれば	hasereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

• 思(おも)いを馳(は)せる (omoi o haseru)