乗じる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
乘じる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Shift from verb (じょう)ずる (jōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じょーじる [jòójírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) じょーじ [jòójíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːʑiɾɯ̟]

Verb

(じょう)じる • (jōjiruichidan (stem (じょう) (jōji), past (じょう)じた (jōjita))

  1. to take advantage of
  2. (mathematics) to multiply
  3. to follow blindly
  4. (archaic) to get in or on (a vehicle)
    Synonym: 乗る

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN