僭窃

See also: 僭竊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
僭	窃
せん Hyōgai	せつ Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
僭竊 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんせつ [sèńsétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɰ̃se̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

僭(せん)窃(せつ) • (sensetsu) 

1. (literary) stealing something that belongs to a person of a higher rank, such as the rank of a monarch, beyond one's status

Verb

僭(せん)窃(せつ)する • (sensetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 僭(せん)窃(せつ)し (sensetsu shi), past 僭(せん)窃(せつ)した (sensetsu shita))

1. (literary) to steal something that belongs to a person of a higher rank, such as the rank of a monarch, beyond one's status
   • 1936, Toranosuke Katō, 国民精神文化類輯‎^[1], volume 16, Tōkyō: National Spiritual Culture Research Institute, pages 63–64:

     帝(てい)位(ゐ)は十(じふ)餘(よ)年(ねん)閒(かん)僭(せん)竊(せつ)し得(え)たが、聖(せい)語(ご)の僭(せん)竊(せつ)は忽(たちま)ちにして天(てん)罰(ばつ)を受(う)けねばならなかつた。

     Teii wa jū-yo-nenkan sensetsu shieta ga, seigo no sensetsu wa tachimachi ni shite tenbatsu o ukeneba naranakatta.

     He could have stolen the imperial throne for over a decade, but he suddenly had to receive divine punishment for stealing the words of a saint.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "僭窃する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	僭窃し	せんせつし	sensetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	僭窃し	せんせつし	sensetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	僭窃する	せんせつする	sensetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	僭窃する	せんせつする	sensetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	僭窃すれ	せんせつすれ	sensetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	僭窃せよ¹ 僭窃しろ²	せんせつせよ¹ せんせつしろ²	sensetsu seyo¹ sensetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	僭窃される	せんせつされる	sensetsu sareru
Causative	僭窃させる 僭窃さす	せんせつさせる せんせつさす	sensetsu saseru sensetsu sasu
Potential	僭窃できる	せんせつできる	sensetsu dekiru
Volitional	僭窃しよう	せんせつしよう	sensetsu shiyō
Negative	僭窃しない	せんせつしない	sensetsu shinai
Negative continuative	僭窃せず	せんせつせず	sensetsu sezu
Formal	僭窃します	せんせつします	sensetsu shimasu
Perfective	僭窃した	せんせつした	sensetsu shita
Conjunctive	僭窃して	せんせつして	sensetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	僭窃すれば	せんせつすれば	sensetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative