澄ます

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
清ます

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「澄ます
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
澄ます
Imperative (命令形) 澄ませ
Key constructions
Passive 澄まされる まされ
Causative 澄まさせる まさせ
Potential 澄ませる ませ
Volitional 澄まそう まそ
Negative 澄まさない まさない
Negative perfective 澄まさなかった まさなかった
Formal 澄まします ましま
Perfective 澄ました した
Conjunctive 澄まして して
Hypothetical conditional 澄ませば せば

Verb

()ます (sumasugodan (stem ()まし (sumashi), past ()ました (sumashita))

Japanese verb pair
active ()
mediopassive ()ます
  1. to clear; to make something clear
  2. to wash clean
  3. to keep calm
  4. to concentrate one's effort; to focus one's attention
  5. to pretend as if nothing happened

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