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得道
得道
Chinese
get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
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direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
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simp. and trad. (得道) |
得 | 道 | |
Verb
得道
- (Buddhism, Daoism) to attain the Way; to become enlightened; to attain salvation
- to support a just cause; to uphold justice
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 得 | 道 |
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とく Grade: 4 |
どう Grade: 2 |
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Pronunciation
Noun
得道 (hiragana とくどう, romaji tokudō)
- the state of being enlightened
Verb
得道する (intransitive, hiragana とくどうする, romaji tokudō suru)
- to become enlightened; to attain salvation
Conjugation
Conjugation of "得道する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 得道し | とくどうし | tokudō shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 得道し | とくどうし | tokudō shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 得道する | とくどうする | tokudō suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 得道する | とくどうする | tokudō suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 得道すれ | とくどうすれ | tokudō sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 得道せよ¹ 得道しろ² |
とくどうせよ¹ とくどうしろ² |
tokudō seyo¹ tokudō shiro² |
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| Passive | 得道される | とくどうされる | tokudō sareru | |
| Causative | 得道させる 得道さす |
とくどうさせる とくどうさす |
tokudō saseru tokudō sasu |
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| Potential | 得道できる | とくどうできる | tokudō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 得道しよう | とくどうしよう | tokudō shiyō | |
| Negative | 得道しない | とくどうしない | tokudō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 得道せず | とくどうせず | tokudō sezu | |
| Formal | 得道します | とくどうします | tokudō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 得道した | とくどうした | tokudō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 得道して | とくどうして | tokudō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 得道すれば | とくどうすれば | tokudō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||