微睡む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
微 睡
まどろ
Grade: S Grade: S
jukujikun

Etymology

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”).[1][2] 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”).

Pronunciation

Verb

微睡(まどろ)む • (madoromu) intransitive godan (stem 微睡(まどろ)み (madoromi), past 微睡(まどろ)んだ (madoronda))

  1. to doze off, to nap

Conjugation

Conjugation of "微睡む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
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

See also

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 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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