| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 微 | 睡 |
| まどろ | |
| Grade: S | Grade: S |
| jukujikun | |
Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”, ancient compounding form) + とろむ (toromu, “doze”), where toromu is likely the same toro element in terms such as とろい (toroi, “dull, stupid”), 蕩めく (toromeku, “to become sleepy”), とろとろ (torotoro, “sleepily, dozily, dreamily”). The toromu changes to doromu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), literally 微 (“tiny”) + 睡 (“sleep”).
微睡む • (madoromu) intransitive godan (stem 微睡み (madoromi), past 微睡んだ (madoronda))
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 微睡ま | まどろま | madoroma |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 微睡み | まどろみ | madoromi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 微睡む | まどろむ | madoromu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 微睡む | まどろむ | madoromu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 微睡め | まどろめ | madorome |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 微睡め | まどろめ | madorome |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 微睡まれる | まどろまれる | madoromareru |
| Causative | 微睡ませる 微睡ます |
まどろませる まどろます |
madoromaseru madoromasu |
| Potential | 微睡める | まどろめる | madoromeru |
| Volitional | 微睡もう | まどろもう | madoromō |
| Negative | 微睡まない | まどろまない | madoromanai |
| Negative continuative | 微睡まず | まどろまず | madoromazu |
| Formal | 微睡みます | まどろみます | madoromimasu |
| Perfective | 微睡んだ | まどろんだ | madoronda |
| Conjunctive | 微睡んで | まどろんで | madoronde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 微睡めば | まどろめば | madoromeba |