目覚める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
目 覚
め
Grade: 1 		さ > ざ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
目覺める (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Verb

目(め)覚(ざ)める • (mezameru) intransitive ichidan (stem 目(め)覚(ざ)め (mezame), past 目(め)覚(ざ)めた (mezameta))

  1. to awaken
    • 2017 September 9, “異(い)界(かい)より来(き)たるシェルガ”, in EXTRA PACK 2017, Konami, 遊戯王 [Yu-Gi-Oh!]:
      永(なが)き波(は)闘(とう)の果(は)て、溟(めい)海(かい)より目(め)覚(ざ)めしは、誇(ほこ)り高(たか)き闘(とう)者(しゃ)。
      Nagaki hatō no hate, Meikai yori mezame shi wa, hokoritakaki tōsha.
      A proud fighter who emerged from the Undersea through the distant extremities of the wave-fights.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "目覚める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 目覚め めざめ mezame
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 目覚め めざめ mezame
Shūshikei ("terminal") 目覚める めざめる mezameru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 目覚める めざめる mezameru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 目覚めれ めざめれ mezamere
Meireikei ("imperative") 目覚めよ¹
目覚めろ² 		めざめよ¹
めざめろ² 		mezameyo¹
mezamero²
Key constructions
Passive 目覚められる めざめられる mezamerareru
Causative 目覚めさせる
目覚めさす 		めざめさせる
めざめさす 		mezamesaseru
mezamesasu
Potential 目覚められる
目覚めれる³ 		めざめられる
めざめれる³ 		mezamerareru
mezamereru³
Volitional 目覚めよう めざめよう mezameyō
Negative 目覚めない
目覚めぬ
目覚めん 		めざめない
めざめぬ
めざめん 		mezamenai
mezamenu
mezamen
Negative continuative 目覚めず めざめず mezamezu
Formal 目覚めます めざめます mezamemasu
Perfective 目覚めた めざめた mezameta
Conjunctive 目覚めて めざめて mezamete
Hypothetical conditional 目覚めれば めざめれば mezamereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
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