| Kanji in this term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 下 | 一 | 段 | 活 | 用 |
| しも Grade: 1 | いち Grade: 1 | だん Grade: 6 | かつ Grade: 2 | よう Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | goon | kan'on | ||
Compound of下(shimo,“lower”) +一段活用(ichidan katsuyō,“monogradeconjugation”).
Literally,下一段(shimo ichidan) refers to how theinflectedendings are located in thegojūon table.下(shimo) means thevowele, which is written beneath the voweli, the other inflection-related vowel.一段(ichidan,“onegrade”) means only one vowel isinvolved, since each段(dan,“row”) of the table contains one vowel. Thus, this can be understood as "one-voweled conjugation ine".
下一段活用• (shimo ichidan katsuyō) ←しもいちだんくわつよう(simo itidan kwatuyou)?
| Modern | 未然形 Irrealis | 連用形 Adverbial | 終止形 Conclusive | 連体形 Attributive | 仮定形 Conditional | 命令形 Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 受ける(uke-,“toreceive”) | 受け(uke) | 受け(uke) | 受ける(ukeru) | 受ける(ukeru) | 受けれ(ukere) | 受けよ(ukeyo) 受けろ(ukero) |
| 出る(de-,“toleave”) | 出(de) | 出(de) | 出る(deru) | 出る(deru) | 出れ(dere) | 出よ(deyo) 出ろ(dero) |
| 食べる(tabe-,“toeat”) | 食べ(tabe) | 食べ(tabe) | 食べる(taberu) | 食べる(taberu) | 食べれ(tabere) | 食べよ(tabeyo) 食べろ(tabero) |
| Archaic | 未然形 Irrealis | 連用形 Adverbial | 終止形 Conclusive | 連体形 Attributive | 已然形 Realis | 命令形 Imperative |
| 蹴る(ke-,“tokick”) | 蹴(ke) | 蹴(ke) | 蹴る(keru) | 蹴る(keru) | 蹴れ(kere) | 蹴よ(keyo) |