尋ねる
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term |
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尋 |
たず Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From Old Japanese 尋ぬ (tazunu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.
Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical 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 edit
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "尋ねる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
尋ねる | たずねる | [tàzúnéꜜrù] |
Imperative (命令形) | 尋ねろ | たずねろ | [tàzúnéꜜrò] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 尋ねられる | たずねられる | [tàzúnéráréꜜrù] |
Causative | 尋ねさせる | たずねさせる | [tàzúnésáséꜜrù] |
Potential | 尋ねられる | たずねられる | [tàzúnéráréꜜrù] |
Volitional | 尋ねよう | たずねよー | [tàzúnéyóꜜò] |
Negative | 尋ねない | たずねない | [tàzúnéꜜnàì] |
Negative perfective | 尋ねなかった | たずねなかった | [tàzúnéꜜnàkàttà] |
Formal | 尋ねます | たずねます | [tàzúnémáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 尋ねた | たずねた | [tàzúꜜnètà] |
Conjunctive | 尋ねて | たずねて | [tàzúꜜnètè] |
Hypothetical conditional | 尋ねれば | たずねれば | [tàzúnéꜜrèbà] |
Verb edit
尋ねる • (tazuneru) transitive ichidan (stem 尋ね (tazune), past 尋ねた (tazuneta))
- ask (a question)
- search, look for, investigate
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of "尋ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 尋ね | たずね | tazune | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 尋ね | たずね | tazune | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 尋ねる | たずねる | tazuneru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 尋ねる | たずねる | tazuneru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 尋ねれ | たずねれ | tazunere | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 尋ねよ¹ 尋ねろ² |
たずねよ¹ たずねろ² |
tazuneyo¹ tazunero² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 尋ねられる | たずねられる | tazunerareru | |
Causative | 尋ねさせる 尋ねさす |
たずねさせる たずねさす |
tazunesaseru tazunesasu | |
Potential | 尋ねられる 尋ねれる³ |
たずねられる たずねれる³ |
tazunerareru tazunereru³ | |
Volitional | 尋ねよう | たずねよう | tazuneyō | |
Negative | 尋ねない 尋ねぬ 尋ねん |
たずねない たずねぬ たずねん |
tazunenai tazunenu tazunen | |
Negative continuative | 尋ねず | たずねず | tazunezu | |
Formal | 尋ねます | たずねます | tazunemasu | |
Perfective | 尋ねた | たずねた | tazuneta | |
Conjunctive | 尋ねて | たずねて | tazunete | |
Hypothetical conditional | 尋ねれば | たずねれば | tazunereba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN