めとる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
娶る

Etymology

Compound of 女 (me, “woman”) and 取る (toru, “to take”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めとる [mètóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [me̞to̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

めとる • (metoru) godan (stem めとり (metori), past めとった (metotta))

1. to take a wife; to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of "めとる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	めとら	metora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	めとり	metori
Shūshikei ("terminal")	めとる	metoru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	めとる	metoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	めとれ	metore
Meireikei ("imperative")	めとれ	metore
Key constructions
Passive	めとられる	metorareru
Causative	めとらせる めとらす	metoraseru metorasu
Potential	めとれる	metoreru
Volitional	めとろう	metorō
Negative	めとらない	metoranai
Negative continuative	めとらず	metorazu
Formal	めとります	metorimasu
Perfective	めとった	metotta
Conjunctive	めとって	metotte
Hypothetical conditional	めとれば	metoreba

See also

• 嫁(とつ)ぐ (totsugu)