申す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
申
もう Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

mawosu → maosu.

Verb

申す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まおす, rōmaji maosu, historical hiragana まをす)

(humble, formal) to say

Etymology 2

mawosu → *mawusu → mausu → moːsu. See earlier mawosu.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もーす [móꜜòsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [mo̞ːsɨᵝ]

Verb

申す (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana もうす, rōmaji mōsu, historical hiragana まうす)

(humble, formal) to say
(humble, formal) to be called
こちらは田中 (たなか)と申 (もう)します。鈴木 (すずき)さんはおいででしょうか。
Kochira wa Tanaka to mōshimasu. Suzuki san wa oide deshō ka.
This is Tanaka speaking. Is Mr. Suzuki there?

ジョンソンと申 (もう)します。
Jonson to mōshimasu.
This is Johnson speaking.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "申す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	申さ	もうさ	mōsa
Continuative (連用形)	申し	もうし	mōshi
Terminal (終止形)	申す	もうす	mōsu
Attributive (連体形)	申す	もうす	mōsu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	申せ	もうせ	mōse
Imperative (命令形)	申せ	もうせ	mōse
Key constructions
Passive	申される	もうされる	mōsareru
Causative	申させる申さす	もうさせるもうさす	mōsaseru mōsasu
Potential	申せる	もうせる	mōseru
Volitional	申そう	もうそう	mōsō
Negative	申さない	もうさない	mōsanai
Negative continuative	申さず	もうさず	mōsazu
Formal	申します	もうします	mōshimasu
Perfective	申した	もうした	mōshita
Conjunctive	申して	もうして	mōshite
Hypothetical conditional	申せば	もうせば	mōseba

Derived terms

申し (mōshi)
申し申し (mōshi mōshi)
もしもし (moshi moshi)

References

1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

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