Japanese

する

ぞくする
Meaning: to belong to; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 属する 属しない
Polite 属します 属しません
Past 属した 属しなかった
Polite + Past 属しました 属しませんでした
Te-form 属して 属しなくて
Potential 属できる 属できない
Passive 属される 属されない
Causative 属させる 属させない
Imperative 属しろ 属するな

Handwriting

属
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Example sentences

He belongs to the tennis club.
当社は大手自動車メーカーの系列に属している。
Our company belongs to a major automobile group.
彼はどの宗派にも属していない。
He does not belong to any particular religious sect.
日本は温帯に属する国です。
Japan is a country belonging to the temperate zone.
「わ」や「を」は五十音図の和行に属している。
'Wa' and 'wo' belong to the W-column of the fifty-sound chart.
ライオンはネコ科ヒョウ亜科に属している。
Lions belong to the panther subfamily of the cat family.
日本は大部分が温帯という気候帯に属している。
Most of Japan belongs to the climate zone known as the temperate zone.

Usage Notes

Used for organizational membership or biological/categorical classification.

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