Japanese grammar: 連用形

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連用形 (renyoukei) is a certain form of inflecting 用言 (yougen). There is also a general overview page Inflection of 用言.

1 Inflection examples
2 Function of 連用形 (renyoukei)
3 活用表 infelction table

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Inflection examples

Some examples of 連用形 (renyoukei) inflection:

動詞 (doushi):
- 一段動詞: 食�?� (tabe), 見 (mi)
- 五段動詞: 飲�?� (nomi), 書�?? (kaki)
- Various: �?? (ki, from �??る), �?� (from �?�る)

形容詞 (keiyoushi):
- 新�?��?? (atarashiku), �?��?? (furuku)

形容動詞 (keiyoudoushi)
- �??れ�?��?� (kirei de), �?��?��?� (shizuka de)

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Function of 連用形 (renyoukei)

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Connecting several main sentences

�?�?�飯�?��?�?�パンを食�?�, �?�茶を飲�?�, テレビを見る.

(asagohan ni watashi wa pan o tabe, ocha o nomi, terebi o miru.)

At breakfast I eat bread and I drink tea and I watch tv.

Here the 動詞 (doushi) 食�?� and 飲�?� use the 連用形 (renyoukei) form, connecting to the next main sentence, while 見る is in the 終止形 (shuushikei) form, because the sentences ends.

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Combined predicates

慶�?�?�ん�?��??れ�?��?�,親切�?�.

(Keikosan wa kirei de, shinsetsu da.)

Keiko is beautiful and friendly.

Here the predicate consists of "beautiful" and "friendly", but in Japanese instead of a word for "and" you would use the 連用形 (renyoukei) form for the first one (�??れ�?��?�), and the 終止形 (shuushikei) form for the last (親切�?�).

An example with 形容詞 (keiyoushi) would be:

慶�?�?�ん�?�高�??,�?�愛�?�.

(Keikosan wa takaku, kawaii.)

Keiko is tall and cute/pretty.

The predicate consists of 高�?� (takai) and �?�愛�?� (kawaii), the first takes the 連用形 (renyoukei) form, the last the 終止形 (shuushikei) form.

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Combined attributes

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活用表 infelction table

verbs& adjectives	活用�?�分類 category of inflection	語幹-語尾 (stem-ending)	連用形1(ren-youkei 1)	連用形2(ren-youkei 2)
行�??	カ行５段動詞1	�?��??	�?��??�?��?�	�?��?��?�
�?��??	カ行５段動詞2	�??�??	�??�??�?��?�	�??�?��?�
泳�??	ガ行５段動詞	�?�よ�??	�?�よ�?��?��?�	�?�よ�?��?�
話�?�	サ行５段動詞	�?��?��?�	�?��?��?��?��?�	�?��?��?��?�
�?�?�	タ行５段動詞	�?��?�	�?��?��?��?�	�?��?��?�
死�?�	ナ行５段動詞	�?��?�	�?��?��?��?�	�?�ん�?�
飛�?�	�?行５段動詞	�?��?�	�?��?��?��?�	�?�ん�?�
読む	マ行５段動詞	よむ	よ�?��?��?�	よん�?�
下る	ラ行５段動詞1	�??�?�る	�??�?�り�?��?�	�??�?��?��?�
御座る	ラ行５段動詞2	�?��?�る	�?��?��?��?��?�	�?��?��?��?�
足る	ラ行５段動詞3	�?�る	�?�り�?��?�	�?�り�?�
食�?�る	一段動詞	�?��?�る	�?��?��?��?�	�?��?��?�
美�?��?�	形容詞	�?��?��??�?��?�	�?��?��??�?��??�?�る	�?��?��??�?��?��?��?�
�?や�?��?�	形容動詞	�?��?�や�?��?�	�?��?�や�?��?��?�る �?��?�や�?��?�	�?��?�や�?��?��?��?�

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Japanese grammar: 連用形

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Inflection examples

Function of 連用形 (renyoukei)

Connecting several main sentences

Combined predicates

Combined attributes

活用表 infelction table

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