返り咲く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
返 咲
かえ
Grade: 3		 さ > ざ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

返(かえ)り咲(ざ)く • (kaerizaku) intransitive godan (stem 返(かえ)り咲(ざ)き (kaerizaki), past 返(かえ)り咲(ざ)いた (kaerizaita))

  1. bloom a second time, typically when a spring flower blooms in an Indian summer
  2. make a comeback

Conjugation
Conjugation of "返り咲く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 返り咲か かえりざか kaerizaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 返り咲き かえりざき kaerizaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 返り咲く かえりざく kaerizaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 返り咲く かえりざく kaerizaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 返り咲け かえりざけ kaerizake
Meireikei ("imperative") 返り咲け かえりざけ kaerizake
Key constructions
Passive 返り咲かれる かえりざかれる kaerizakareru
Causative 返り咲かせる
返り咲かす		 かえりざかせる
かえりざかす		 kaerizakaseru
kaerizakasu
Potential 返り咲ける かえりざける kaerizakeru
Volitional 返り咲こう かえりざこう kaerizakō
Negative 返り咲かない かえりざかない kaerizakanai
Negative continuative 返り咲かず かえりざかず kaerizakazu
Formal 返り咲きます かえりざきます kaerizakimasu
Perfective 返り咲いた かえりざいた kaerizaita
Conjunctive 返り咲いて かえりざいて kaerizaite
Hypothetical conditional 返り咲けば かえりざけば kaerizakeba

Synonyms
  • (bloom out of season): 狂(くる)い咲(ざ)く (kuruizaku)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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