Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "染める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
染める める [sòmérú]
Imperative (命令形) 染めろ めろ [sòméró]
Key constructions
Passive 染められる められる [sòmérárérú]
Causative 染めさせる めさせる [sòmésásérú]
Potential 染められる められる [sòmérárérú]
Volitional 染めよう めよ [sòméyóꜜò]
Negative 染めない めない [sòménáí]
Negative perfective 染めなかった めなかった [sòménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 染めます めま [sòmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 染めた めた [sòmétá]
Conjunctive 染めて めて [sòmété]
Hypothetical conditional 染めれば めれ [sòméréꜜbà]

Verb edit

()める (somerutransitive ichidan (stem () (some), past ()めた (someta))

Japanese verb pair
active 染める
mediopassive 染まる
  1. to dye
    (かみ)(あか)く/(ちゃ)(いろ)()める
    kami o akaku / chairo ni someru
    to dye one's hair red / brown
  2. to color; to paint; to blush
  3. (手を染める) to set about; to be involved with
  4. (筆を染める) to start writing
Conjugation edit

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()める (shimerutransitive ichidan (stem () (shime), past ()めた (shimeta))

  1. attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb: to get the color or smell through something (染み込ませる)
    ()()める
    nishimeru
    to boil down
    ()()める
    takishimeru
    to burn incense to get its smell fully into
Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN