探す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さが
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
捜す

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sankasu.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "探す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
探す がす
Imperative (命令形) 探せ がせ
Key constructions
Passive 探される がされる
Causative 探させる がさせる
Potential 探せる がせる
Volitional 探そう がそ
Negative 探さない がさない
Negative perfective 探さなかった がさなかった
Formal 探します がしま
Perfective 探した がした
Conjunctive 探して がして
Hypothetical conditional 探せば がせ

Verb

(さが) (sagasutransitive godan (stem (さが) (sagashi), past (さが)した (sagashita))

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Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN