見守る

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
見 守
み
Grade: 1 		まも
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

First attested in 1889.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「見守る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		見守る みまもる
みまもる
Imperative (命令形) 見守れ みまもれ
みまもれ
Key constructions
Passive 見守られる みまもられる
みまもられる
Causative 見守らせる みまもらせる
みまもらせる
Potential 見守れる みまもれる
みまもれる
Volitional 見守ろう みまもろー
Negative 見守らない みまもらない
みまもらない
Negative perfective 見守らなかった みまもらなかった
みまもらなかった
Formal 見守ります みまもります
Perfective 見守った みまもった
みまもった
Conjunctive 見守って みまもって
みまもって
Hypothetical conditional 見守れば みまもれば
みまもれば

Verb

見(み)守(まも)る • (mimamoru) transitive godan (stem 見(み)守(まも)り (mimamori), past 見(み)守(まも)った (mimamotta))

  1. to look after
  2. to watch intently

Conjugation

Conjugation of "見守る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 見守ら みまもら mimamora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 見守り みまもり mimamori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 見守る みまもる mimamoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 見守る みまもる mimamoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 見守れ みまもれ mimamore
Meireikei ("imperative") 見守れ みまもれ mimamore
Key constructions
Passive 見守られる みまもられる mimamorareru
Causative 見守らせる
見守らす 		みまもらせる
みまもらす 		mimamoraseru
mimamorasu
Potential 見守れる みまもれる mimamoreru
Volitional 見守ろう みまもろう mimamorō
Negative 見守らない みまもらない mimamoranai
Negative continuative 見守らず みまもらず mimamorazu
Formal 見守ります みまもります mimamorimasu
Perfective 見守った みまもった mimamotta
Conjunctive 見守って みまもって mimamotte
Hypothetical conditional 見守れば みまもれば mimamoreba

References

  1. ^ “見守”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
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