スカウト

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English scout.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) スカ​ウト [sùkáꜜùtò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [sɨ̥ᵝka̠ɯ̟ᵝto̞]

Noun

スカウト • (sukauto) 

  1. a scout (one who identifies promising talent)
  2. a scout (member of the scout movement)

Verb

スカウトする • (sukauto suru) suru (stem スカウトし (sukauto suru shi), past スカウトした (sukauto suru shita))

  1. to recruit
  2. (specifically) to recruit into the sex industry

Conjugation
Conjugation of "スカウトする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") スカウトし sukauto shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") スカウトし sukauto shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") スカウトする sukauto suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") スカウトする sukauto suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") スカウトすれ sukauto sure
Meireikei ("imperative") スカウトせよ¹
スカウトしろ²		 sukauto seyo¹
sukauto shiro²
Key constructions
Passive スカウトされる sukauto sareru
Causative スカウトさせる
スカウトさす		 sukauto saseru
sukauto sasu
Potential スカウトできる sukauto dekiru
Volitional スカウトしよう sukauto shiyō
Negative スカウトしない sukauto shinai
Negative continuative スカウトせず sukauto sezu
Formal スカウトします sukauto shimasu
Perfective スカウトした sukauto shita
Conjunctive スカウトして sukauto shite
Hypothetical conditional スカウトすれば sukauto sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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