訪ねる

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 訪ねる. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 訪ねる, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 訪ねる in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 訪ねる you have here. The definition of the word 訪ねる will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of訪ねる, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
訪
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
尋ねる
訊ねる

Etymology

From Old Japanese verb 訪ぬ (tadunu).

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "訪ねる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		訪ねる たずね​る
Imperative (命令形) 訪ねろ たずね​ろ
Key constructions
Passive 訪ねられる たずねられ​る
Causative 訪ねさせる たずねさせ​る
Potential 訪ねられる たずねられ​る
Volitional 訪ねよう たずねよ​ー
Negative 訪ねない たずね​ない
Negative perfective 訪ねなかった たずね​なかった
Formal 訪ねます たずねま​す
Perfective 訪ねた たず​ねた
Conjunctive 訪ねて たず​ねて
Hypothetical conditional 訪ねれば たずね​れば

Verb

訪(たず)ねる • (tazuneru) transitive ichidan (stem 訪(たず)ね (tazune), past 訪(たず)ねた (tazuneta))

  1. call on someone, visit
    Synonym: 訪問する
    友人(ゆうじん)の家(うち)を訪(たず)ねる
    yūjin no uchi o tazuneru
    to visit a friend’s home

Usage notes

  • The subject must be animate (e.g. a person).
  • The object can be either animate (e.g. a person) or inanimate (e.g. a location).
  • The action must be on purpose, non-arbitrary, non-coincidental or non-accidental.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "訪ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 訪ね たずね tazune
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 訪ね たずね tazune
Shūshikei ("terminal") 訪ねる たずねる tazuneru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 訪ねる たずねる tazuneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 訪ねれ たずねれ tazunere
Meireikei ("imperative") 訪ねよ¹
訪ねろ² 		たずねよ¹
たずねろ² 		tazuneyo¹
tazunero²
Key constructions
Passive 訪ねられる たずねられる tazunerareru
Causative 訪ねさせる
訪ねさす 		たずねさせる
たずねさす 		tazunesaseru
tazunesasu
Potential 訪ねられる
訪ねれる³ 		たずねられる
たずねれる³ 		tazunerareru
tazunereru³
Volitional 訪ねよう たずねよう tazuneyō
Negative 訪ねない
訪ねぬ
訪ねん 		たずねない
たずねぬ
たずねん 		tazunenai
tazunenu
tazunen
Negative continuative 訪ねず たずねず tazunezu
Formal 訪ねます たずねます tazunemasu
Perfective 訪ねた たずねた tazuneta
Conjunctive 訪ねて たずねて tazunete
Hypothetical conditional 訪ねれば たずねれば tazunereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Related terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia