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面接
面接
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 面 | 接 |
|
めん Grade: 3 |
せつ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
面接 (hiragana めんせつ, romaji mensetsu)
Usage notes
This mostly refers to interviews for the purpose of evaluation of talents or skills for employment or promotion at a company or educational assessment at a school.
Derived terms
- 面接官 (mensetsukan): interviewer
- 面接試験 (mense tsushiken): interview, oral examination
Verb
面接する (intransitive, hiragana めんせつする, romaji mensetsu suru)
- to interview
Conjugation
Conjugation of "面接する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 面接し | めんせつし | mensetsu shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 面接し | めんせつし | mensetsu shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 面接する | めんせつする | mensetsu suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 面接する | めんせつする | mensetsu suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 面接すれ | めんせつすれ | mensetsu sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 面接せよ¹ 面接しろ² |
めんせつせよ¹ めんせつしろ² |
mensetsu seyo¹ mensetsu shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 面接される | めんせつされる | mensetsu sareru | |
| Causative | 面接させる 面接さす |
めんせつさせる めんせつさす |
mensetsu saseru mensetsu sasu |
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| Potential | 面接できる | めんせつできる | mensetsu dekiru | |
| Volitional | 面接しよう | めんせつしよう | mensetsu shiyō | |
| Negative | 面接しない | めんせつしない | mensetsu shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 面接せず | めんせつせず | mensetsu sezu | |
| Formal | 面接します | めんせつします | mensetsu shimasu | |
| Perfective | 面接した | めんせつした | mensetsu shita | |
| Conjunctive | 面接して | めんせつして | mensetsu shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 面接すれば | めんせつすれば | mensetsu sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
- 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112