Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
祕める (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From classical form () (himu), from () (hi, secret) + (-mu, suffix to make a verb).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "秘める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
秘める [hìméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 秘めろ [hìméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 秘められる められ [hìméráréꜜrù]
Causative 秘めさせる めさせ [hìmésáséꜜrù]
Potential 秘められる められ [hìméráréꜜrù]
Volitional 秘めよう めよ [hìméyóꜜò]
Negative 秘めない ない [hìméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 秘めなかった なかった [hìméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 秘めます めま [hìmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 秘めた めた [híꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 秘めて めて [híꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 秘めれば れば [hìméꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()める (himerutransitive ichidan (stem () (hime), past ()めた (himeta))

  1. hide, keep feelings or thoughts inside, keep something to oneself

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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