収める

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
おさ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
收める (kyūjitai)
納める

Cognate with Japanese (おさ)める (osameru) and (おさ)める (osameru).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(おさ)める (osameruをさめる (wosameru)?transitive ichidan (stem (おさ) (osame), past (おさ)めた (osameta))

Japanese verb pair
active 収める
mediopassive 収まる
  1. to dedicate; to make an offering; to pay (fees)​
    ついに(ねん)()(おさ)(とき)()たか。
    Tsuini nengu no osametoki ga kita ka.
    I guess the time of paying the tribute has arrived at last.
  2. to supply
  3. to store
    その()(てん)約50万語(やくごじゅうまんご)(たん)()(おさ)めている
    Sono jiten wa yaku gojū man go no tango o osameteiru.
    The dictionary contains about half a million words.
  4. to finish; to bring to a close
    (かれ)(ちゅう)(さい)してその()(まる)(おさ)めた
    Kare ga chūsai shite sonoba wa maruku osameta.
    He intervened and settled the matter peacefully for the time being.
  5. to restore (something to its place)​
    ボブは(そう)(しょく)された(がく)にその(しょう)(ぞう)()(おさ)めたけれど、(じょう)下逆(げさか)さまだった。
    Bobu wa sōshokusareta gaku ni sono shōzōga o osameta keredo, jōge sakasama datta.
    Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.
  6. to achieve (e.g. a result)​
    その(けん)知事(ちじ)(しち)(がつ)(せん)(きょ)(しょう)()(おさ)めました
    Sono kenchiji wa shichigatsu no senkyo de shōri o osamemashita.
    The prefectural governor got the upper hand in the July elections.

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References

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