プレゼント

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English present.^[1][2][3]

First attested in 1900s.^[3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) プレゼント [pùréꜜzèǹtò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1][4]
• IPA^(key): [pɯ̟ɾe̞zẽ̞nto̞]

Noun

プレゼント • (purezento) 

1. [from 1900s] present, gift

   親(おや)にプレゼントをあげる

   oya ni purezento o ageru

   to give presents to parents

   プレゼント交(こう)換(かん)

   purezento kōkan

   gift exchange

Synonyms

• (present): 贈(おく)り物(もの) (okurimono)

Verb

プレゼントする • (purezento suru) suru (stem プレゼントし (purezento shi), past プレゼントした (purezento shita))

1. give a present

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	プレゼントし	purezento shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	プレゼントし	purezento shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	プレゼントする	purezento suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	プレゼントする	purezento suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	プレゼントすれ	purezento sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	プレゼントせよ¹ プレゼントしろ²	purezento seyo¹ purezento shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	プレゼントされる	purezento sareru
Causative	プレゼントさせる プレゼントさす	purezento saseru purezento sasu
Potential	プレゼントできる	purezento dekiru
Volitional	プレゼントしよう	purezento shiyō
Negative	プレゼントしない	purezento shinai
Negative continuative	プレゼントせず	purezento sezu
Formal	プレゼントします	purezento shimasu
Perfective	プレゼントした	purezento shita
Conjunctive	プレゼントして	purezento shite
Hypothetical conditional	プレゼントすれば	purezento sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "プレゼントする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Synonyms

• 贈(おく)る (okuru)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “プレゼント”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. “プレゼント”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN