綴る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
綴
つづ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

綴(つづ)る • (tsuzuru) transitive godan (stem 綴(つづ)り (tsuzuri), past 綴(つづ)った (tsuzutta))

  1. to bind, to patch
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      着物(きもの)の破(やぶ)れを綴(つづ)っている
      kimono no yabure o tsuzutte iru
      Patching the hole in the Kimono
  2. to write
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      思(おも)い出(で)を文(ぶん)に綴(つづ)りました
      omoide o bun ni tsuzurimashita
      Written memory in words
  3. to spell (word)
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      その単語(たんご)はローマ字(じ)でどう綴(つづ)るのですか
      sono tango wa rōmaji de dō tsuzuru no desu ka
      How do you spell that word with Romaji

Conjugation

Conjugation of "綴る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 綴ら つづら tsuzura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 綴り つづり tsuzuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 綴る つづる tsuzuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 綴る つづる tsuzuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 綴れ つづれ tsuzure
Meireikei ("imperative") 綴れ つづれ tsuzure
Key constructions
Passive 綴られる つづられる tsuzurareru
Causative 綴らせる
綴らす 		つづらせる
つづらす 		tsuzuraseru
tsuzurasu
Potential 綴れる つづれる tsuzureru
Volitional 綴ろう つづろう tsuzurō
Negative 綴らない つづらない tsuzuranai
Negative continuative 綴らず つづらず tsuzurazu
Formal 綴ります つづります tsuzurimasu
Perfective 綴った つづった tsuzutta
Conjunctive 綴って つづって tsuzutte
Hypothetical conditional 綴れば つづれば tsuzureba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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