渡す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
わた
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "渡す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
渡す たす
Imperative (命令形) 渡せ たせ
Key constructions
Passive 渡される たされる
Causative 渡させる たさせる
Potential 渡せる たせる
Volitional 渡そう たそ
Negative 渡さない たさない
Negative perfective 渡さなかった たさなかった
Formal 渡します たしま
Perfective 渡した たした
Conjunctive 渡して たして
Hypothetical conditional 渡せば たせ

Verb

(わた) (watasutransitive godan (stem (わた) (watashi), past (わた)した (watashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 渡す
mediopassive 渡る
  1. to hand over
    (かの)(じょ)(あい)(かぎ)(わた)
    kanojo ni aikagi o watasu
    give the spare key to one's girlfriend
  2. to ferry across (a river)
  3. to traverse

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN