固める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
かた
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From かた (kata, hard; solid, root of かたい) + める (-meru, -ify).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(かた)める (katamerutransitive ichidan (stem (かた) (katame), past (かた)めた (katameta))

Japanese verb pair
active 固める
mediopassive 固まる
  1. harden
  2. strengthen
  3. fortify
  4. settle down in life

Conjugation

References

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