# 乗駕
## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 乗 | 駕 |
| じょう Grade: 3 | が Jinmeiyō |
| goon | kan'yōon |
* Alternative spelling
* 乘駕 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

Appears to be a Japanese coinage based on Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 乗 (jō, “riding; mounting”) +‎ 駕 (ga, “riding; driving”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じょーが [jóꜜògà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ːɡa̠]

### Noun

乗(じょう)駕(が) • (jōga)
* (animal husbandry) mounting (as in animal copulation)
* (rare, engineering) mounting (as in a piece of equipment)

### Verb

乗(じょう)駕(が)する • (jōga suru) transitive suru (stem 乗(じょう)駕(が)し (jōga shi), past 乗(じょう)駕(が)した (jōga shita))
* (animal husbandry) to mount (as in animal copulation)
* (rare, engineering) to mount (as in a piece of equipment)
** 田中正義 (Seigi Tanaka), 羽染財 (Takara Hazome), 村上博紀 (Hironori Murakami), 神垣一成 (Kazushige Kamigaki) (2011 November 17) “車両搭載型掘削装置及び掘削方法 (Sharyō Tōsai-kei Kussaku Sōchi oyobi Kussaku Hōhō) [Vehicle-mounted Drilling Equipment and Drilling Method]”, in WIPO Patentscope‎ (in Japanese), patent filing from Solcom Co., Ltd. (http://www.solcom.co.jp/), Hiroshima, Japan (filing ultimately rejected): published originally by the Japan Patent Office (https://www.jpo.go.jp/e/), retrieved 2019-08-28
    そして、車両(しゃりょう)の荷台中心部(にだいちゅうしんぶ)にはデンヨー製(せい)のエアーコンプレッサー（型式(けいしき)：ＤＩＳ−８００ＥＳＳ）を乗駕(じょうが)している。
       Soshite, sharyō no nidai chūshinbu ni wa Den'yō-sei no eā konpuressā (keishiki: ＤＩＳ−８００ＥＳＳ) o jōga shite iru.
       Then, a Denyō-made air compressor (Model: DIS-800ESS) is mounted to the central portion of the vehicle's loading platform.

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 乗駕し | じょうがし | jōga shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 乗駕し | じょうがし | jōga shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 乗駕する | じょうがする | jōga suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 乗駕する | じょうがする | jōga suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 乗駕すれ | じょうがすれ | jōga sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 乗駕せよ¹ 乗駕しろ² | じょうがせよ¹ じょうがしろ² | jōga seyo¹ jōga shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 乗駕される | じょうがされる | jōga sareru |
| Causative | 乗駕させる 乗駕さす | じょうがさせる じょうがさす | jōga saseru jōga sasu |
| Potential | 乗駕できる | じょうができる | jōga dekiru |
| Volitional | 乗駕しよう | じょうがしよう | jōga shiyō |
| Negative | 乗駕しない | じょうがしない | jōga shinai |
| Negative continuative | 乗駕せず | じょうがせず | jōga sezu |
| Formal | 乗駕します | じょうがします | jōga shimasu |
| Perfective | 乗駕した | じょうがした | jōga shita |
| Conjunctive | 乗駕して | じょうがして | jōga shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 乗駕すれば | じょうがすれば | jōga sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* “乗駕”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

### Further reading

* (animal husbandry): Japanese to English entry at Weblio
* (animal husbandry): Japanese to English entry at Jim Breen's EDICT
* (animal husbandry): Japanese to English entry at Eijiro
* (animal husbandry): Japanese to English entry at Linguee
* (animal husbandry): 精液採取 (Seieki saishu, “Semen collection”) article on the Japanese Wikipedia (in Japanese)
* (engineering): copy of patent filing at Asta Muse (in Japanese)
* (engineering): copy of patent filing at ekouhou.net (in Japanese)