弱める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
よわ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(よわ)める (yowamerutransitive ichidan (stem (よわ) (yowame), past (よわ)めた (yowameta))

Japanese verb pair
active 弱める
mediopassive 弱まる
  1. to make weak; to weaken

Conjugation

References

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