Definition of せつし
- (n) Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
- yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
- printing block
- (vs-i) to do
- to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
- to serve as; to act as; to work as
- to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
- to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
- to decide on; to choose
- (vs-i, vi) to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
- to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
- to be worth; to cost
- to pass (of time); to elapse
- (suf, vs-i) verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
- (aux-v, vs-i) creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
- to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
- (suf) history (e.g. of some country)
彼は、フランス史の学者だ。
He is a scholar of French history.
- (ctr) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.)
- (suf) honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
姉は私のズボンにアイロンをかけてくれる。
My sister presses my trousers.