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帰納
帰納
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 帰 | 納 |
|
き Grade: 2 |
のう Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
帰納 (hiragana きのう, romaji kinō, historical hiragana きなふ)
- induction: deriving information from a set of observations
- when choosing a name, a form of fortune-telling for a given name based on kanji with similar sounds
- collecting, gathering
Compounds
- 帰納学派 (kinō gakuha): an inductive school of thought
- 帰納式 (kinōshiki): a recursion formula, a recursion relation
- 帰納的 (kinōteki): inductive
- 帰納的推理 (kinōteki suiri): inductive reasoning
- 帰納法 (kinōhō): the inductive method
- 帰納論理学 (kinō ronrigaku): inductive logic
Antonyms
Verb
帰納する (hiragana きのうする, romaji kinō suru, historical hiragana きなふする)
- to induce: to derive information from a set of observations
- when choosing a name, to tell the fortune for a given name based on kanji with similar sounds
- to collect, to gather
Conjugation
Conjugation of "帰納する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 帰納し | きのうし | kinō shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 帰納し | きのうし | kinō shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 帰納する | きのうする | kinō suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 帰納する | きのうする | kinō suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 帰納すれ | きのうすれ | kinō sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 帰納せよ¹ 帰納しろ² |
きのうせよ¹ きのうしろ² |
kinō seyo¹ kinō shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 帰納される | きのうされる | kinō sareru | |
| Causative | 帰納させる 帰納さす |
きのうさせる きのうさす |
kinō saseru kinō sasu |
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| Potential | 帰納できる | きのうできる | kinō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 帰納しよう | きのうしよう | kinō shiyō | |
| Negative | 帰納しない | きのうしない | kinō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 帰納せず | きのうせず | kinō sezu | |
| Formal | 帰納します | きのうします | kinō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 帰納した | きのうした | kinō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 帰納して | きのうして | kinō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 帰納すれば | きのうすれば | kinō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Synonyms
- (to collect or gather): 寄せ集める (yoseatsumeru)