とむらう

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
弔う

Etymology

Shift from earlier とぶらう (toburau).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「弔う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		弔う とむらう
Imperative (命令形) 弔え とむらえ
Key constructions
Passive 弔われる とむらわれる
Causative 弔わせる とむらわせる
Potential 弔える とむらえる
Volitional 弔おう とむらおー
Negative 弔わない とむらわない
Negative perfective 弔わなかった とむらわなかった
Formal 弔います とむらいます
Perfective 弔った とむらった
Conjunctive 弔って とむらって
Hypothetical conditional 弔えば とむらえば

Verb

とむらう • (tomurau) ←とむらふ (tomurafu)?transitive godan (stem とむらい (tomurai), past とむらった (tomuratta))

  1. mourn for, hold a memorial service for

Conjugation

Conjugation of "とむらう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") とむらわ tomurawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") とむらい tomurai
Shūshikei ("terminal") とむらう tomurau
Rentaikei ("attributive") とむらう tomurau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") とむらえ tomurae
Meireikei ("imperative") とむらえ tomurae
Key constructions
Passive とむらわれる tomurawareru
Causative とむらわせる
とむらわす 		tomurawaseru
tomurawasu
Potential とむらえる tomuraeru
Volitional とむらおう tomuraō
Negative とむらわない tomurawanai
Negative continuative とむらわず tomurawazu
Formal とむらいます tomuraimasu
Perfective とむらった tomuratta
Conjunctive とむらって tomuratte
Hypothetical conditional とむらえば tomuraeba
Classical conjugation of "とむらふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) とむらは tomurafa
Continuative (連用形) とむらひ tomurafi
Terminal (終止形) とむらふ tomurafu
Attributive (連体形) とむらふ tomurafu
Realis (已然形) とむらへ tomurafe
Imperative (命令形) とむらへ tomurafe
Key constructions
Negative とむらはず tomurafazu
Contrasting conjunction とむらへど tomurafedo
Causal conjunction とむらへば tomurafeba
Conditional conjunction とむらはば tomurafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) とむらひき tomurafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) とむらひけり tomurafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) とむらひつ tomurafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) とむらひぬ tomurafinu
Perfect-continuative tense とむらへり
とむらひたり		 tomuraferi
tomurafitari
Volitional とむらはむ tomurafamu

References

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