興せよう (オコセヨー)
Okoseyou · おこせよー — to raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up; to wake, to wake up, to waken, to awaken; to cause, to bring about, to lead to, to trigger, to give rise to, to create, to generate (e.g. heat, electricity), to produce
Other ways to say “to raise” in Japanese →
興せよう in rōmaji: okoseyou, also spelled okoseyo.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
興せよう
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
起こす
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| 読み (Reading) |
オコセヨー
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
下一段-サ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
意志推量形
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
興せよう
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| 読み・基本形 |
オコセル
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| 表記・基本形 |
興せる
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| 見出し語の読み |
オコス
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This is a classical Japanese volitional form, rarely used in modern speech; you'll meet it in historical texts or poetic contexts.
古きを興せようと、彼は動き出した。
Furuki o okoseyou to, kare wa ugokidashita.
He started to act, intending to revive the old.
国を興せようという志があった。
Kuni o okoseyou to iu kokorozashi ga atta.
He had the ambition to raise up the nation.
⚖️ Commonly confused with the modern volitional 'okosou'; the difference is that 'okoseyou' is an archaic form.
興せよう means “to raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up; to wake, to wake up, to waken, to awaken; to cause, to bring about, to lead to, to trigger, to give rise to, to create, to generate (e.g. heat, electricity), to produce” — full definition & examples →
| ます形 (Polite) |
起こます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
起こて
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| 過去形 (Past) |
起こた
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
起こない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
起こましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
起こられる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
起こられる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
起こさせる
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