愛でる

Japanese

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Etymology

From Old Japanese verb 愛づ (medzu, mezu).

Natural progression from Old Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, lower monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

Verb

愛でる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana めでる, romaji mederu)

  1. to love
  2. to admire, to appreciate

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Last modified on 28 February 2013, at 20:56