潜める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひそ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
潛める (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(ひそ)める (hisomerutransitive ichidan (stem (ひそ) (hisome), past (ひそ)めた (hisometa))

Japanese verb pair
active 潜める
mediopassive 潜む
  1. to hide
    Synonym: 隠す (kakusu)
  2. to lower (a sound or voice) so that it may not be heard by others
  3. to hide away; to keep to oneself
  4. to become conspicuous

Conjugation

References

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