シフト

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shift.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) シ​フト [shíꜜfùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɸɯ̟̊ᵝto̞]

Noun

シフト (rōmaji shifuto)

  1. a shift (a change in position, the situation, or one's attitude)
  2. shifting, changing gear on a car
  3. a shift (change of workers)
    • 2011 April 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい三百三十七訓くん　だいじょぶだ〰 [Lesson 337: It’s Gonna Be Okay〰]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 39 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      そうですね　じゃあ…火 (か)木 (もく)が姫 (ひめ)‼　月 (げつ)火 (か)水 (すい)木 (もく)金 (きん)土 (ど)日 (にち)が私 (わたし)というシフトにしましょうか‼
      Sō desu ne Jā… ka-moku ga hime‼ Getsu-ka-sui-moku-kin-do-nichi ga watashi to iu shifuto ni shimashō ka‼
      Well, sure. Then… it’s Tuesday and Wednesday for the princess‼ And I’ll be taking the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday shifts‼
      なんでお前 (まえ)が皆 (かい)勤 (きん)なんだよ‼
      Nan de omae ga kaikin nan da yo‼
      Why would you be here every day⁉

Verb

シフトする (suru conjugation, rōmaji shifuto suru)

  1. shift, change position etc.
  2. shift, change gear

Conjugation
Conjugation of "シフトする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) シフトし shifuto shi
Continuative (連用形) シフトし shifuto shi
Terminal (終止形) シフトする shifuto suru
Attributive (連体形) シフトする shifuto suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) シフトすれ shifuto sure
Imperative (命令形) シフトせよ¹
シフトしろ²		 shifuto seyo¹
shifuto shiro²
Key constructions
Passive シフトされる shifuto sareru
Causative シフトさせる
シフトさす		 shifuto saseru
shifuto sasu
Potential シフトできる shifuto dekiru
Volitional シフトしよう shifuto shiyō
Negative シフトしない shifuto shinai
Negative continuative シフトせず shifuto sezu
Formal シフトします shifuto shimasu
Perfective シフトした shifuto shita
Conjunctive シフトして shifuto shite
Hypothetical conditional シフトすれば shifuto sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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