Word Meaning 時制

じせい jisei

時制 is read as じせい (jisei) and means tense.

Meaning

English

  1. tense

Reading

Kana

じせい

Romaji

jisei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 47035 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

二十四時間制

にじゅうよじかんせい

around-the-clock system

定時制

ていじせい

part time (school system)

時価会計制度

じかかいけいせいど

mark-to-market accounting system

時制の一致

じせいのいっち

sequence of tenses

戦時編制

せんじへんせい

war organization

平時編制

へいじへんせい

peace organization

戦時禁制品

せんじきんせいひん

contraband of war

時折

ときおり

sometimes

時間割

じかんわり

timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable)

時期

じき

time

時速

じそく

speed (per hour)

時限

じげん

(school) period

Example Sentences

9

This sentence is in the present tense.

This sentence is in the present tense.

This sentence is in the present tense.

The tense doesn't match with the English sentence.

I think Japanese and English language tense uses differ.

We use the present tense for this kind of case.

It's very interesting that in Chinese the concept of tense does not exist.

Since the tense doesn't match the English sentence, I suggest changing it to present.

Adverbial time clauses (here 'when') write about the future in the present tense.