営巣|えいそうeisou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbuilding a nest
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 営巣する(えいそうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 営巣します(えいそうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 営巣しない(えいそうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 営巣しません(えいそうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 営巣せず・営巣せぬ(えいそうせず・えいそうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 営巣した(えいそうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 営巣しました(えいそうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 営巣しなかった(えいそうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 営巣しませんでした(えいそうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 営巣して(えいそうして) |
| Potential | 営巣できる(えいそうできる) |
| Passive | 営巣される(えいそうされる) |
| Causative | 営巣させる(えいそうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 営巣させられる(えいそうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 営巣すれば(えいそうすれば) |
| tara | 営巣したら(えいそうしたら) |
| Volitional | 営巣しよう(えいそうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 営巣しましょう(えいそうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 営巣しろ(えいそうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym巣食うすくうNeutralA verb for nesting and dwelling somewhere; often figurative, for villains entrenched in a place or a disease lurking, as in 「悪が巣食う」.
- Related巣籠るすごもるNeutralA verb for a bird staying in its nest to incubate eggs and raise chicks; in recent years also applied to people staying home, as in 「巣ごもり消費」.
- Related就巣しゅうそうWrittenWritten term for a bird settling onto its nest and brooding; ornithological jargon, focused on the brooding stage.
- Related巣篭もるNeutralAnother spelling of 「巣籠る」: a verb for a bird brooding and rearing its chicks in the nest. Fairly rare, and a verb, whereas 「営巣」 is a noun with a biological slant.
Use 「営巣」 for animals building nests and living in them; it leans biological, as in 「営巣地」. For brooding eggs say 「就巣」; for staying in the nest — or at home — say 「巣籠る」; for a figurative grip on a place, 「巣食う」.
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