Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
覺める (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "覚める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
覚める [sàméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 覚めろ [sàméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 覚められる められ [sàméráréꜜrù]
Causative 覚めさせる めさせ [sàmésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 覚めよう めよ [sàméyóꜜò]
Negative 覚めない ない [sàméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 覚めなかった なかった [sàméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 覚めます めま [sàmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 覚めた めた [sáꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 覚めて めて [sáꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 覚めれば れば [sàméꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()める (sameruintransitive ichidan (stem () (same), past ()めた (sameta))

Japanese verb pair
active 覚ます
mediopassive 覚める
  1. wake up from sleeping
  2. become conscious
  3. become aware of something, become awakened to reality
  4. (of a temporary impaired mental state) vanish; dissolve
    ()()める
    yoi ga sameru
    one's drunkenness vanishes
    (きょう)ざめる
    kyō-zameru
    lose interest

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN