拝む

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
拝
おろが
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
拜む (kyūjitai)

/woro2gamu/ * > /worogamu/ > /orogamu/.

Pronunciation

Verb

拝(おろが)む • (orogamu) ←をろがむ (worogamu)?transitive †yodan

  1. to bow in a sign of reverence
  2. to bring one's hands together and pray

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
拝
おが
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
拜む (kyūjitai)

/wogamu/ > /ogamu/. From older 拝(おろが)む (orogamu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「拝む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		拝む おがむ
Imperative (命令形) 拝め おがめ
Key constructions
Passive 拝まれる おがまれる
Causative 拝ませる おがませる
Potential 拝める おがめる
Volitional 拝もう おがもー
Negative 拝まない おがまない
Negative perfective 拝まなかった おがまなかった
Formal 拝みます おがみます
Perfective 拝んだ おがんだ
Conjunctive 拝んで おがんで
Hypothetical conditional 拝めば おがめば

Verb

拝(おが)む • (ogamu) ←をがむ (wogamu)?transitive godan (stem 拝(おが)み (ogami), past 拝(おが)んだ (oganda))

  1. to bow in a sign of reverence
  2. to bring one's hands together and pray
  3. (humble) to see
Conjugation
Conjugation of "拝む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 拝ま おがま ogama
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 拝み おがみ ogami
Shūshikei ("terminal") 拝む おがむ ogamu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 拝む おがむ ogamu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 拝め おがめ ogame
Meireikei ("imperative") 拝め おがめ ogame
Key constructions
Passive 拝まれる おがまれる ogamareru
Causative 拝ませる
拝ます 		おがませる
おがます 		ogamaseru
ogamasu
Potential 拝める おがめる ogameru
Volitional 拝もう おがもう ogamō
Negative 拝まない おがまない ogamanai
Negative continuative 拝まず おがまず ogamazu
Formal 拝みます おがみます ogamimasu
Perfective 拝んだ おがんだ oganda
Conjunctive 拝んで おがんで ogande
Hypothetical conditional 拝めば おがめば ogameba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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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