求める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
もと
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Classical Japanese verb (もと) (motomu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "求める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
求める とめ
Imperative (命令形) 求めろ とめ
Key constructions
Passive 求められる とめられ
Causative 求めさせる とめさせ
Potential 求められる とめられ
Volitional 求めよう とめよ
Negative 求めない とめない
Negative perfective 求めなかった とめなかった
Formal 求めます とめま
Perfective 求めた めた
Conjunctive 求めて めて
Hypothetical conditional 求めれば とめれば

Verb

(もと)める (motomeruichidan (stem (もと) (motome), past (もと)めた (motometa))

  1. to find
    x(エックス) (もと)
    Ekkusu o motomeyo.
    Find the value of x.
  2. to seek, to look for
  3. to desire, to wish
  4. to demand, to sue, to compel

Conjugation

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