耳を澄ます
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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耳 | 澄 |
みみ Grade: 1 |
す Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
editLiterally, "to clear one's ears" or "to make one's ears clear".
Verb
edit耳を澄ます • (mimi o sumasu) godan (stem 耳を澄まし (mimi o sumashi), past 耳を澄ました (mimi o sumashita))
Conjugation
editConjugation of "耳を澄ます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 耳を澄まさ | みみをすまさ | mimi o sumasa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 耳を澄まし | みみをすまし | mimi o sumashi |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 耳を澄ます | みみをすます | mimi o sumasu |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 耳を澄ます | みみをすます | mimi o sumasu |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 耳を澄ませ | みみをすませ | mimi o sumase |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 耳を澄ませ | みみをすませ | mimi o sumase |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 耳を澄まされる | みみをすまされる | mimi o sumasareru |
Causative | 耳を澄まさせる 耳を澄まさす |
みみをすまさせる みみをすまさす |
mimi o sumasaseru mimi o sumasasu |
Potential | 耳を澄ませる | みみをすませる | mimi o sumaseru |
Volitional | 耳を澄まそう | みみをすまそう | mimi o sumasō |
Negative | 耳を澄まさない | みみをすまさない | mimi o sumasanai |
Negative continuative | 耳を澄まさず | みみをすまさず | mimi o sumasazu |
Formal | 耳を澄まします | みみをすまします | mimi o sumashimasu |
Perfective | 耳を澄ました | みみをすました | mimi o sumashita |
Conjunctive | 耳を澄まして | みみをすまして | mimi o sumashite |
Hypothetical conditional | 耳を澄ませば | みみをすませば | mimi o sumaseba |
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 耳 read as みみ
- Japanese terms spelled with 澄 read as す
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese type 1 verbs
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with を
- Japanese idioms