埋める

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Verb

()める (umerutransitive ichidan (stem () (ume), past ()めた (umeta))

Japanese verb pair
active ()める (()める)
mediopassive ()まる (()まる)
  1. to bury
  2. to fill up
    (くう)(はく)()める
    kūhaku o umeru
    to fill in the blanks
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
うず
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
填める

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(うず)める (uzumeruうづめる (udumeru)?transitive ichidan (stem (うず) (uzume), past (うず)めた (uzumeta))

Japanese verb pair
active (うず)める ((うず)める)
mediopassive (うず)まる ((うず)まる)
  1. cover, submerge
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN