定める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さだ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(さだ)める (sadamerutransitive ichidan (stem (さだ) (sadame), past (さだ)めた (sadameta))

Japanese verb pair
active 定める
mediopassive 定まる
  1. establish rules or law, stipulate in a contract
  2. appoint a time or place

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN