務める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
つと
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 勤める.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(つと)める (tsutomeruichidan (stem (つと) (tsutome), past (つと)めた (tsutometa))

Japanese verb pair
active 務める
mediopassive 務まる
  1. to assume a role

Conjugation