整える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ととの
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
調える
斉える

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「整える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
整える とのえ
とのえる

Imperative (命令形) 整えろ とのえ
とのえろ

Key constructions
Passive 整えられる とのえられ
Causative 整えさせる とのえさせ
Potential 整えられる とのえられ
Volitional 整えよう とのえよ
Negative 整えない とのえない
Negative perfective 整えなかった とのえなかった
Formal 整えます とのえま
Perfective 整えた とのえた
Conjunctive 整えて とのえて
Hypothetical conditional 整えれば とのえれば
とのえれば

Verb

(ととの)える (totonoeruととのへる (totonoferu)?ichidan (stem (ととの) (totonoe), past (ととの)えた (totonoeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 整える
mediopassive 整う
  1. arrange (to set up, organise)
    眉毛(まゆげ)(ととの)(かた)
    mayuge no totonoe-kata
    how to shape one's eyebrows

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN