奉仕

Japanese
Kanji in this term
奉 仕
ほう
Grade: S		 し
Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

奉(ほう)仕(し) • (hōshi) 

  1. attendance, service to one's country or community
    社会(しゃかい)に奉仕(ほうし)する。
    Shakai ni hōshi suru.
    We strive to serve the community.
  2. offering goods at a discount

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 奉(ほう)仕(し)者(しゃ) (hōshisha, “servant, minister”)
  • 奉(ほう)仕女(しめ) (hōshime, “deaconess”)
  • 奉(ほう)仕(し)品(ひん) (hōshihin, “bargain goods, sale items”)
  • 奉(ほう)仕(し)活動(かつどう) (hōshi katsudō, “volunteer activity”)
  • 勤労奉(きんろうほう)仕(し) (kinrō hōshi, “labor service”)
  • 社会奉(しゃかいほう)仕(し) (shakai hōshi, “volunteer social service”)
  • 社会奉(しゃかいほう)仕家(しか) (shakai hōshika, “social worker”)

Verb

奉(ほう)仕(し)する • (hōshi suru) suru (stem 奉(ほう)仕(し)し (hōshi shi), past 奉(ほう)仕(し)した (hōshi shita))

  1. serve one's nation or community
  2. offer goods at a discount

Conjugation
Conjugation of "奉仕する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 奉仕し ほうしし hōshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 奉仕し ほうしし hōshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 奉仕する ほうしする hōshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 奉仕する ほうしする hōshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 奉仕すれ ほうしすれ hōshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 奉仕せよ¹
奉仕しろ²		 ほうしせよ¹
ほうししろ²		 hōshi seyo¹
hōshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 奉仕される ほうしされる hōshi sareru
Causative 奉仕させる
奉仕さす		 ほうしさせる
ほうしさす		 hōshi saseru
hōshi sasu
Potential 奉仕できる ほうしできる hōshi dekiru
Volitional 奉仕しよう ほうししよう hōshi shiyō
Negative 奉仕しない ほうししない hōshi shinai
Negative continuative 奉仕せず ほうしせず hōshi sezu
Formal 奉仕します ほうしします hōshi shimasu
Perfective 奉仕した ほうしした hōshi shita
Conjunctive 奉仕して ほうしして hōshi shite
Hypothetical conditional 奉仕すれば ほうしすれば hōshi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
奉仕

Noun

奉仕 • (bongsa) (hangeul 봉사)

  1. service (for the benefit of the government, society etc); public service
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