認める

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
みと
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(みと)める (mitomeruichidan (stem (みと) (mitome), past (みと)めた (mitometa))

  1. to accept, admit, to approve, to allow
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      シリア(せい)()はデモ(たい)への発砲(はっぽう)をやめ、(へい)()的抗(てきこう)()(みと)めねばならない。
      Shiria seifu wa demotai e no happō o yame, heiwateki kōgi o mitomeneba naranai.
      The Syrian government must stop shooting demonstrators and allow peaceful protests.
  2. to recognize
    本当(ほんとう)だということを(みと)めなければなりません。
    Hontō da to iu koto o mitomenakereba narimasen.
    One must recognize that it is true.
  3. to acknowledge
  4. to concede
  5. to appreciate, to witness
  6. to observe or notice
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
したた
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

(したた)める (shitatamerutransitive ichidan (stem (したた) (shitatame), past (したた)めた (shitatameta))

  1. write (some text; a letter); put down (one's thoughts on paper)
  2. eat; put down (a meal)
  3. treat; deal with
  4. prepare
  5. subdue
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN