好む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
この
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
楽む (rare)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「好む
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
好む
Imperative (命令形) 好め
Key constructions
Passive 好まれる のまれ
Causative 好ませる のませ
Potential - - -
Volitional 好もう のも
Negative 好まない のまない
Negative perfective 好まなかった のまなかった
Formal 好みます のみま
Perfective 好んだ んだ
Conjunctive 好んで んで
Hypothetical conditional 好めば めば

Verb

(この) (konomutransitive godan (stem (この) (konomi), past (この)んだ (kononda))

  1. to love; to like; to prefer

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