なつかしむ

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
懐かしむ

Pronunciation

Verb

なつかしむ • (natsukashimu) godan (stem なつかしみ (natsukashimi), past なつかしんだ (natsukashinda))

  1. to recall fondly
  2. to yearn for someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "なつかしむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") なつかしま natsukashima
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") なつかしみ natsukashimi
Shūshikei ("terminal") なつかしむ natsukashimu
Rentaikei ("attributive") なつかしむ natsukashimu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") なつかしめ natsukashime
Meireikei ("imperative") なつかしめ natsukashime
Key constructions
Passive なつかしまれる natsukashimareru
Causative なつかしませる
なつかします 		natsukashimaseru
natsukashimasu
Potential なつかしめる natsukashimeru
Volitional なつかしもう natsukashimō
Negative なつかしまない natsukashimanai
Negative continuative なつかしまず natsukashimazu
Formal なつかしみます natsukashimimasu
Perfective なつかしんだ natsukashinda
Conjunctive なつかしんで natsukashinde
Hypothetical conditional なつかしめば natsukashimeba

References

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