囲む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
囲
Grade: 5
Alternative spelling
圍む (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「囲む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		囲む かこむ
Imperative (命令形) 囲め かこめ
Key constructions
Passive 囲まれる かこまれる
Causative 囲ませる かこませる
Potential 囲める かこめる
Volitional 囲もう かこもー
Negative 囲まない かこまない
Negative perfective 囲まなかった かこまなかった
Formal 囲みます かこみます
Perfective 囲んだ かこんだ
Conjunctive 囲んで かこんで
Hypothetical conditional 囲めば かこめば

Verb

囲(かこ)む • (kakomu) transitive godan (stem 囲(かこ)み (kakomi), past 囲(かこ)んだ (kakonda))

  1. to encircle; to surround; to place things around something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "囲む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 囲ま かこま kakoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 囲み かこみ kakomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 囲む かこむ kakomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 囲む かこむ kakomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 囲め かこめ kakome
Meireikei ("imperative") 囲め かこめ kakome
Key constructions
Passive 囲まれる かこまれる kakomareru
Causative 囲ませる
囲ます 		かこませる
かこます 		kakomaseru
kakomasu
Potential 囲める かこめる kakomeru
Volitional 囲もう かこもう kakomō
Negative 囲まない かこまない kakomanai
Negative continuative 囲まず かこまず kakomazu
Formal 囲みます かこみます kakomimasu
Perfective 囲んだ かこんだ kakonda
Conjunctive 囲んで かこんで kakonde
Hypothetical conditional 囲めば かこめば kakomeba

See also

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
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