詠む

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
詠
よ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Cognate with 読(よ)む (yomu).

Pronunciation

Verb

詠(よ)む • (yomu) transitive godan (stem 詠(よ)み (yomi), past 詠(よ)んだ (yonda))

  1. to compose a haiku or waka
  2. to recite, to chant
Conjugation
Conjugation of "詠む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 詠ま よま yoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 詠み よみ yomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 詠む よむ yomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 詠む よむ yomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 詠め よめ yome
Meireikei ("imperative") 詠め よめ yome
Key constructions
Passive 詠まれる よまれる yomareru
Causative 詠ませる
詠ます 		よませる
よます 		yomaseru
yomasu
Potential 詠める よめる yomeru
Volitional 詠もう よもう yomō
Negative 詠まない よまない yomanai
Negative continuative 詠まず よまず yomazu
Formal 詠みます よみます yomimasu
Perfective 詠んだ よんだ yonda
Conjunctive 詠んで よんで yonde
Hypothetical conditional 詠めば よめば yomeba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
詠
なが
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

詠(なが)む • (nagamu) †nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to chant a poem
  2. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to compose a poem
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "詠む" (マ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 詠め ながめ nagame
Continuative (連用形) 詠め ながめ nagame
Terminal (終止形) 詠む ながむ nagamu
Attributive (連体形) 詠むる ながむる nagamuru
Realis (已然形) 詠むれ ながむれ nagamure
Imperative (命令形) 詠めよ ながめよ nagameyo
Key constructions
Negative 詠めず ながめず nagamezu
Contrasting conjunction 詠むれど ながむれど nagamuredo
Causal conjunction 詠むれば ながむれば nagamureba
Conditional conjunction 詠めば ながめば nagameba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 詠めき ながめき nagameki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 詠めけり ながめけり nagamekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 詠めつ ながめつ nagametu
Perfect tense (natural event) 詠めぬ ながめぬ nagamenu
Perfect-continuative tense 詠めたり ながめたり nagametari
Volitional 詠めむ ながめむ nagamemu

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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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