汲む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
汲
く
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「汲む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		汲む くむ
Imperative (命令形) 汲め くめ
Key constructions
Passive 汲まれる くまれる
Causative 汲ませる くませる
Potential 汲める くめる
Volitional 汲もう くもー
Negative 汲まない くまない
Negative perfective 汲まなかった くまなかった
Formal 汲みます くみます
Perfective 汲んだ くんだ
Conjunctive 汲んで くんで
Hypothetical conditional 汲めば くめば

Verb

汲(く)む • (kumu) transitive godan (stem 汲(く)み (kumi), past 汲(く)んだ (kunda))

  1. scoop, ladle, draw water
  2. guess
    作者(さくしゃ)の意(い)を汲(く)む
    sakusha no i o kumu
    surmise the author's intentions

Conjugation

Conjugation of "汲む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 汲ま くま kuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 汲み くみ kumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 汲む くむ kumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 汲む くむ kumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 汲め くめ kume
Meireikei ("imperative") 汲め くめ kume
Key constructions
Passive 汲まれる くまれる kumareru
Causative 汲ませる
汲ます 		くませる
くます 		kumaseru
kumasu
Potential 汲める くめる kumeru
Volitional 汲もう くもう kumō
Negative 汲まない くまない kumanai
Negative continuative 汲まず くまず kumazu
Formal 汲みます くみます kumimasu
Perfective 汲んだ くんだ kunda
Conjunctive 汲んで くんで kunde
Hypothetical conditional 汲めば くめば kumeba
Classical conjugation of "汲む" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 汲ま くま kuma
Continuative (連用形) 汲み くみ kumi
Terminal (終止形) 汲む くむ kumu
Attributive (連体形) 汲む くむ kumu
Realis (已然形) 汲め くめ kume
Imperative (命令形) 汲め くめ kume
Key constructions
Negative 汲まず くまず kumazu
Contrasting conjunction 汲めど くめど kumedo
Causal conjunction 汲めば くめば kumeba
Conditional conjunction 汲まば くまば kumaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 汲みき くみき kumiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 汲みけり くみけり kumikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 汲みつ くみつ kumitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 汲みぬ くみぬ kuminu
Perfect-continuative tense 汲めり
汲みたり		 くめり
くみたり		 kumeri
kumitari
Volitional 汲まむ くまむ kumamu

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