めざす

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
目指す
目差す

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「目指す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		目指す めざす
Imperative (命令形) 目指せ めざせ
Key constructions
Passive 目指される めざされる
Causative 目指させる めざさせる
Potential 目指せる めざせる
Volitional 目指そう めざそー
Negative 目指さない めざさない
Negative perfective 目指さなかった めざさなかった
Formal 目指します めざします
Perfective 目指した めざした
Conjunctive 目指して めざして
Hypothetical conditional 目指せば めざせば

Verb

めざす • (mezasu) transitive godan (stem めざし (mezashi), past めざした (mezashita))

  1. to aim for, be after
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      ōku no bijinesu ni kan suru fukugōmeishi o oboete, Tōikku hai sukoa o mezashimashō!
      By remembering lots of business-related compound nouns, let’s aim for a high TOEIC score!
  2. to head towards, go towards

Conjugation

Conjugation of "めざす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") めざさ mezasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") めざし mezashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") めざす mezasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") めざす mezasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") めざせ mezase
Meireikei ("imperative") めざせ mezase
Key constructions
Passive めざされる mezasareru
Causative めざさせる
めざさす 		mezasaseru
mezasasu
Potential めざせる mezaseru
Volitional めざそう mezasō
Negative めざさない mezasanai
Negative continuative めざさず mezasazu
Formal めざします mezashimasu
Perfective めざした mezashita
Conjunctive めざして mezashite
Hypothetical conditional めざせば mezaseba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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