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Japanese
Etymology
The final -mu is cognate with conjectural む (mu).
Particle
らむ • (ramu)
- conjecture about a presently occurring situation that the speaker has no direct knowledge about
- conjecture about the cause or reason of a presently occurring situation that is directly observed by the speaker
- hearsay based on things heard or read
Conjugation
Attaches to the terminal form. Incomplete quadrigrade:
| Stem forms
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| Irrealis (未然形)
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| Continuative (連用形)
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| Terminal (終止形)
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らむ
らん |
ramu
ran
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| Attributive (連体形)
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らむ
らん |
ramu
ran
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| Realis (已然形)
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らめ |
rame
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| Imperative (命令形)
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Derived terms
See also
References
- Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.