Japanese
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Etymology
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From Old Japanese.
愛づ • (mezu) transitive †nidan
- (Classical Japanese, archaic) to love, to adore
Conjugation
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| Stem forms
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| Irrealis (未然形)
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愛で |
めで |
mede
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| Continuative (連用形)
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愛で |
めで |
mede
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| Terminal (終止形)
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愛づ |
めづ |
medu
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| Attributive (連体形)
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愛づる |
めづる |
meduru
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| Realis (已然形)
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愛づれ |
めづれ |
medure
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| Imperative (命令形)
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愛でよ |
めでよ |
medeyo
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| Key constructions
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| Negative
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愛でず |
めでず |
medezu
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| Contrasting conjunction
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愛づれど |
めづれど |
meduredo
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| Causal conjunction
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愛づれば |
めづれば |
medureba
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| Conditional conjunction
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愛でば |
めでば |
medeba
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| Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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愛でき |
めでき |
medeki
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| Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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愛でけり |
めでけり |
medekeri
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| Perfect tense (conscious action)
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愛でつ |
めでつ |
medetu
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| Perfect tense (natural event)
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愛でぬ |
めでぬ |
medenu
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| Perfect-continuative tense
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愛でたり |
めでたり |
medetari
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| Volitional
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愛でむ |
めでむ |
medemu
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