申し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
申
もう Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
申
もう > ま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 申(もう)す (mōsu, “to say”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もーし [móꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ːɕi]

IPA^(key): [ma̠ɕi]

Noun

申(もう)し • (mōshi)

(humble, archaic) An exclamation to get attention.

Derived terms

申(もう)し申(もう)し (mōshimōshi)
- もしもし (moshimoshi)

Verb

申(もう)し or 申(ま)し • (mōshi or mashi)

stem or continuative form of 申す (mōsu) [godan]
(rare, obsolete) stem or continuative form of 申す (masu) [yodan]

References

^ 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