撫で下ろす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
撫 下
な
Jinmeiyō 		お
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

撫(な)で下(お)ろす • (nadeorosu) godan (stem 撫(な)で下(お)ろし (nadeoroshi), past 撫(な)で下(お)ろした (nadeoroshita))

  1. to stroke down, to smooth down
    髪(かみ)を撫(な)で下(お)ろす
    kami o nadeorosu
    to stroke down one's hair

Conjugation

Conjugation of "撫で下ろす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 撫で下ろさ なでおろさ nadeorosa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 撫で下ろし なでおろし nadeoroshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 撫で下ろす なでおろす nadeorosu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 撫で下ろす なでおろす nadeorosu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 撫で下ろせ なでおろせ nadeorose
Meireikei ("imperative") 撫で下ろせ なでおろせ nadeorose
Key constructions
Passive 撫で下ろされる なでおろされる nadeorosareru
Causative 撫で下ろさせる
撫で下ろさす 		なでおろさせる
なでおろさす 		nadeorosaseru
nadeorosasu
Potential 撫で下ろせる なでおろせる nadeoroseru
Volitional 撫で下ろそう なでおろそう nadeorosō
Negative 撫で下ろさない なでおろさない nadeorosanai
Negative continuative 撫で下ろさず なでおろさず nadeorosazu
Formal 撫で下ろします なでおろします nadeoroshimasu
Perfective 撫で下ろした なでおろした nadeoroshita
Conjunctive 撫で下ろして なでおろして nadeoroshite
Hypothetical conditional 撫で下ろせば なでおろせば nadeoroseba

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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