Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "甘える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
甘える まえる [àmáérú]
Imperative (命令形) 甘えろ まえろ [àmáéró]
Key constructions
Passive 甘えられる まえられる [àmáérárérú]
Causative 甘えさせる まえさせる [àmáésásérú]
Potential 甘えられる まえられる [àmáérárérú]
Volitional 甘えよう まえよ [àmáéyóꜜò]
Negative 甘えない まえない [àmáénáí]
Negative perfective 甘えなかった まえなかった [àmáénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 甘えます まえま [àmáémáꜜsù]
Perfective 甘えた まえた [àmáétá]
Conjunctive 甘えて まえて [àmáété]
Hypothetical conditional 甘えれば まえれ [àmáéréꜜbà]

Verb edit

(あま)える (amaeruintransitive ichidan (stem (あま) (amae), past (あま)えた (amaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 甘やかす
mediopassive 甘える
  1. to seek affection, to fawn
  2. to accept (other's kindness); to depend on (a favor); to presume upon other's benevolence and take liberties
  3. to have a sweet smell; to be fragrant
  4. to be shy; to be bashful

Conjugation edit

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References edit

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