夢見る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ゆめ
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (yume, dream) +‎ 見る (miru, to see, to watch).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「夢見る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
夢見る めみ
みる

Imperative (命令形) 夢見ろ めみ
みろ

Key constructions
Passive 夢見られる めみられ
みられる

Causative 夢見させる めみさせ
みさせる

Potential 夢見られる めみられ
みられる

Volitional 夢見よう めみよ
みよー

Negative 夢見ない めみない
みない

Negative perfective 夢見なかった めみなかった
みなかった

Formal 夢見ます めみま
みます

Perfective 夢見た みた
Conjunctive 夢見て みて
Hypothetical conditional 夢見れば めみれば
みれば

Verb

(ゆめ)() (yumemirutransitive ichidan (stem (ゆめ)() (yumemi), past (ゆめ)() (yumemita))

  1. to dream
  2. (figurative) to aspire to something, to dream of something as a hope
    歌手(かしゅ)夢見(ゆめみ)(おんな)()
    Kashu o yumemiru onna no ko.
    A girl dreaming of being a singer.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN