試行錯誤

Japanese

Kanji in this term
試	行	錯	誤
し Grade: 4	こう Grade: 2	さく Grade: S	ご Grade: 6
on'yomi	kan'on	on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Calque of English trial and error.^[1]^[2]

Compound of 試(し)行(こう) (shikō, “trial”) + 錯(さく)誤(ご) (sakugo, “error, mistake”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しこーさくご [shìkóó sáꜜkùgò] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕiko̞ː sa̠kɯ̟ɡo̞]

Noun

試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご) • (shikō sakugo) ^{←しかうさくご (sikau sakugo)^?}

trial and error

Verb

試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご)する • (shikō sakugo suru) ^{←しかうさくご (sikau sakugo)^?}intransitive suru (stem 試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご)し (shikō sakugo shi), past 試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご)した (shikō sakugo shita))

to learn by trial and error

Conjugation

Conjugation of "試行錯誤する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	試行錯誤し	しこうさくごし	shikō sakugo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	試行錯誤し	しこうさくごし	shikō sakugo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	試行錯誤する	しこうさくごする	shikō sakugo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	試行錯誤する	しこうさくごする	shikō sakugo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	試行錯誤すれ	しこうさくごすれ	shikō sakugo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	試行錯誤せよ¹ 試行錯誤しろ²	しこうさくごせよ¹ しこうさくごしろ²	shikō sakugo seyo¹ shikō sakugo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	試行錯誤される	しこうさくごされる	shikō sakugo sareru
Causative	試行錯誤させる試行錯誤さす	しこうさくごさせるしこうさくごさす	shikō sakugo saseru shikō sakugo sasu
Potential	試行錯誤できる	しこうさくごできる	shikō sakugo dekiru
Volitional	試行錯誤しよう	しこうさくごしよう	shikō sakugo shiyō
Negative	試行錯誤しない	しこうさくごしない	shikō sakugo shinai
Negative continuative	試行錯誤せず	しこうさくごせず	shikō sakugo sezu
Formal	試行錯誤します	しこうさくごします	shikō sakugo shimasu
Perfective	試行錯誤した	しこうさくごした	shikō sakugo shita
Conjunctive	試行錯誤して	しこうさくごして	shikō sakugo shite
Hypothetical conditional	試行錯誤すれば	しこうさくごすれば	shikō sakugo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
試	行	錯	誤

Noun

試行錯誤 • (sihaengchago) (hangeul 시행착오)

hanja form^? of 시행착오

[SMK7-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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