/to2si/ → /tosi/ → /toɕi/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *təsi. Originally referred to grain, particularly rice, and by extension, the year's harvest.[1]
とし • (toshi) ←とし (tosi)?
- (obsolete) grain, particularly rice
- (obsolete) a grain harvest, a grain crop
- a year
- age
- (specifically) used to describe the age of someone who should not do things inappropriate for their age
- Synonym: いいとし (ii toshi)
- 歳なので
- toshi nanode
- because one is no longer young
For pronunciation and definitions of とし – see the following entries.
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(This term, とし (toshi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as とし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とし.)
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とし • (toshi) †-ku
- 利し, 鋭し: sharp
- 敏し, 聆し: smart, clever
- 疾し, 捷し: fast, quick
- 疾し, 鋭し: powerful, intense
Stem forms
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Irrealis (未然形)
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とく[1] とから[2] |
toku tokara
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Continuative (連用形)
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とく[1] とかり[2] |
toku tokari
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Terminal (終止形)
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とし |
tosi
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Attributive (連体形)
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とき とかる |
toki tokaru
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Realis (已然形)
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とけれ |
tokere
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Imperative (命令形)
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とかれ |
tokare
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Key constructions
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Negative
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とからず |
tokarazu
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Contrasting conjunction
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とけれど |
tokeredo
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Causal conjunction
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とければ |
tokereba
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Conditional conjunction
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とくば |
tokuba
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Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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とかりき |
tokariki
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Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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とかりけり |
tokarikeri
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Adverbial
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とく |
toku
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[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.
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