努める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
つと
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
勉める
力める

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「努める
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
努める とめ
Imperative (命令形) 努めろ とめ
Key constructions
Passive 努められる とめられ
Causative 努めさせる とめさせ
Potential 努められる とめられ
Volitional 努めよう とめよ
Negative 努めない とめない
Negative perfective 努めなかった とめなかった
Formal 努めます とめま
Perfective 努めた めた
Conjunctive 努めて めて
Hypothetical conditional 努めれば とめれば

Verb

(つと)める (tsutomerutransitive ichidan (stem (つと) (tsutome), past (つと)めた (tsutometa))

  1. endeavor, strive for, make an effort

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN