のぞむ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
望む
臨む

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「望む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		望む のぞむ
Imperative (命令形) 望め のぞめ
Key constructions
Passive 望まれる のぞまれる
Causative 望ませる のぞませる
Potential 望める のぞめる
Volitional 望もう のぞもー
Negative 望まない のぞまない
Negative perfective 望まなかった のぞまなかった
Formal 望みます のぞみます
Perfective 望んだ のぞんだ
Conjunctive 望んで のぞんで
Hypothetical conditional 望めば のぞめば
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「臨む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		臨む のぞむ
Imperative (命令形) 臨め のぞめ
Key constructions
Passive 臨まれる のぞまれる
Causative 臨ませる のぞませる
Potential 臨める のぞめる
Volitional 臨もう のぞもー
Negative 臨まない のぞまない
Negative perfective 臨まなかった のぞまなかった
Formal 臨みます のぞみます
Perfective 臨んだ のぞんだ
Conjunctive 臨んで のぞんで
Hypothetical conditional 臨めば のぞめば

Verb

のぞむ • (nozomu) transitive godan (stem のぞみ (nozomi), past のぞんだ (nozonda))

  1. 望む: to wish, to hope, to want, to desire
    勝(しょう)利(り)を望(のぞ)む
    shōri o nozomu
    desire victory
  2. 望む: to expect someone to do something, to hope something from someone
  3. 望む: to see from far away, to command a view
  4. 臨む: physically face, look out upon
    太(たい)平(へい)洋(よう)を臨(のぞ)む高(たか)台(だい)にあるモニュメント
    taiheiyō o nozomu takadai ni aru monyumento
    the monument on high ground facing the ocean
  5. 臨む: face, approach with a certain mental state or attitude
    • 2004, Takashima Yukihiro, Hanasu chikara ga minitsuku hon [Learn “speaking power”], page 81:
      準備(じゅんび)をして損(そん)をしたとは、決(けっ)して思(おも)いません。このような姿勢(しせい)で会合(かいごう)に臨(のぞ)むのですから、周(まわ)りの人(ひと)たちはK社長(K しゃちょう)をつぎのようにいいます。「K社長(K しゃちょう)は、いつも準備(じゅんび)してきたのように素晴(すば)らしい話(はなし)をする。」
      Junbi o shite son o shita to wa, kesshite omoimasen. Kono yō na shisei de kaigō ni nozomu no desu kara, mawari no hitotachi wa K shachō o tsugi no yō ni īmasu. “K Shachō wa, itsumo junbi shite kita no yō ni subarashī hanashi o suru.”
      He never goes in thinking that he has a disadvantage in preparation. Because he faces each meeting with this approach, the people around President K say, “President K speaks wonderfully, as though he is always prepared.”
  6. 臨む: face a situation
    危(き)機(き)に臨(のぞ)む
    kiki ni nozomu
    face a crisis
  7. 臨む: take part in; participate
    決(けっ)勝(しょう)に臨(のぞ)む
    kesshō ni nozomu
    advance to the championship; face the final round
Conjugation
Conjugation of "のぞむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") のぞま nozoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") のぞみ nozomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") のぞむ nozomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") のぞむ nozomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") のぞめ nozome
Meireikei ("imperative") のぞめ nozome
Key constructions
Passive のぞまれる nozomareru
Causative のぞませる
のぞます 		nozomaseru
nozomasu
Potential のぞめる nozomeru
Volitional のぞもう nozomō
Negative のぞまない nozomanai
Negative continuative のぞまず nozomazu
Formal のぞみます nozomimasu
Perfective のぞんだ nozonda
Conjunctive のぞんで nozonde
Hypothetical conditional のぞめば nozomeba
See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of のぞむ – see the following entries.
【望】4
a male given name
【志】5
a male given name
(This term, のぞむ (nozomu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as のぞむ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as のぞむ.)

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