覚める

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
覚
さ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
覺める (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Verb

覚(さ)める • (sameru) intransitive ichidan (stem 覚(さ)め (same), past 覚(さ)めた (sameta))

Japanese verb pair
active 覚ます
mediopassive 覚める
  1. wake up from sleeping
  2. become conscious
  3. become aware of something, become awakened to reality
  4. (of a temporary impaired mental state) vanish; dissolve
    酔(よ)いが醒(さ)める
    yoi ga sameru
    one's drunkenness vanishes
    興(きょう)ざめる
    kyō-zameru
    lose interest

Conjugation

Conjugation of "覚める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 覚め さめ same
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 覚め さめ same
Shūshikei ("terminal") 覚める さめる sameru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 覚める さめる sameru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 覚めれ さめれ samere
Meireikei ("imperative") 覚めよ¹
覚めろ² 		さめよ¹
さめろ² 		sameyo¹
samero²
Key constructions
Passive 覚められる さめられる samerareru
Causative 覚めさせる
覚めさす 		さめさせる
さめさす 		samesaseru
samesasu
Potential 覚められる
覚めれる³ 		さめられる
さめれる³ 		samerareru
samereru³
Volitional 覚めよう さめよう sameyō
Negative 覚めない
覚めぬ
覚めん 		さめない
さめぬ
さめん 		samenai
samenu
samen
Negative continuative 覚めず さめず samezu
Formal 覚めます さめます samemasu
Perfective 覚めた さめた sameta
Conjunctive 覚めて さめて samete
Hypothetical conditional 覚めれば さめれば samereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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