刻む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
刻
きざ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
See also 刻み

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「刻む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		刻む きざむ
Imperative (命令形) 刻め きざめ
Key constructions
Passive 刻まれる きざまれる
Causative 刻ませる きざませる
Potential 刻める きざめる
Volitional 刻もう きざもー
Negative 刻まない きざまない
Negative perfective 刻まなかった きざまなかった
Formal 刻みます きざみます
Perfective 刻んだ きざんだ
Conjunctive 刻んで きざんで
Hypothetical conditional 刻めば きざめば

Verb

刻(きざ)む • (kizamu) transitive godan (stem 刻(きざ)み (kizami), past 刻(きざ)んだ (kizanda))

  1. to chop, mince[2]
  2. to carve, to cut[2]
  3. to tick away, to keep time[2]

Conjugation

Conjugation of "刻む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 刻ま きざま kizama
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 刻み きざみ kizami
Shūshikei ("terminal") 刻む きざむ kizamu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 刻む きざむ kizamu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 刻め きざめ kizame
Meireikei ("imperative") 刻め きざめ kizame
Key constructions
Passive 刻まれる きざまれる kizamareru
Causative 刻ませる
刻ます 		きざませる
きざます 		kizamaseru
kizamasu
Potential 刻める きざめる kizameru
Volitional 刻もう きざもう kizamō
Negative 刻まない きざまない kizamanai
Negative continuative 刻まず きざまず kizamazu
Formal 刻みます きざみます kizamimasu
Perfective 刻んだ きざんだ kizanda
Conjunctive 刻んで きざんで kizande
Hypothetical conditional 刻めば きざめば kizameba

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Taishukan's Genius Japanese-English Dictionary, Tōkyō: Taishukan, 1998.
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