例える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
たと
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
喩える
譬える

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「例える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
例える とえ
Imperative (命令形) 例えろ とえ
Key constructions
Passive 例えられる とえられ
Causative 例えさせる とえさせ
Potential 例えられる とえられ
Volitional 例えよう とえよ
Negative 例えない とえない
Negative perfective 例えなかった とえなかった
Formal 例えます とえま
Perfective 例えた えた
Conjunctive 例えて えて
Hypothetical conditional 例えれば とえれば

Verb

(たと)える (tatoerutransitive ichidan (stem (たと) (tatoe), past (たと)えた (tatoeta))

  1. compare, liken

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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN