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
Imperative (命令形) 目指せ
Key constructions
Passive 目指される ざされ
Causative 目指させる ざさせ
Potential 目指せる ざせ
Volitional 目指そう ざそ
Negative 目指さない ざさない
Negative perfective 目指さなかった ざさなかった
Formal 目指します ざしま
Perfective 目指した した
Conjunctive 目指して して
Hypothetical conditional 目指せば せば

Verb

めざす (mezasutransitive godan (stem めざし (mezashi), past めざした (mezashita))

  1. to aim for, be after
    • 2018 February 28, “TOEIC ni deru fukugōmeishi 50 sen! [50 compound nouns that appear in TOEIC]”, in English Hacker:
      (おお)くのビジネスに(かん)する(ふく)(ごう)(めい)()(おぼ)えて、TOEIC(トーイック)ハイスコアを()()しましょう
      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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN