貢ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
貢
みつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

The spelling with 貢 derived from an association with the definition of 貢物.[1]

Cognate with 見(み)継(つ)ぐ (mitsugu).[2][3]

Pronunciation

Verb

貢(みつ)ぐ • (mitsugu) ←みつぐ (mitugu)?intransitive godan (stem 貢(みつ)ぎ (mitsugi), past 貢(みつ)いだ (mitsuida))

  1. to tribute, to give tribute (to present money or gifts to one's liege or lord)
    彼(かの)女(じょ)は借(しゃっ)金(きん)をしてまでそのホストに貢(みつ)いだ。
    Kanojo wa shakkin o shite made sono hosuto ni mitsuida.
    She gave the host money going so far as to go into debt.
  2. to support financially; to finance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "貢ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 貢が みつが mitsuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 貢ぎ みつぎ mitsugi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 貢ぐ みつぐ mitsugu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 貢ぐ みつぐ mitsugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 貢げ みつげ mitsuge
Meireikei ("imperative") 貢げ みつげ mitsuge
Key constructions
Passive 貢がれる みつがれる mitsugareru
Causative 貢がせる
貢がす 		みつがせる
みつがす 		mitsugaseru
mitsugasu
Potential 貢げる みつげる mitsugeru
Volitional 貢ごう みつごう mitsugō
Negative 貢がない みつがない mitsuganai
Negative continuative 貢がず みつがず mitsugazu
Formal 貢ぎます みつぎます mitsugimasu
Perfective 貢いだ みついだ mitsuida
Conjunctive 貢いで みついで mitsuide
Hypothetical conditional 貢げば みつげば mitsugeba
Classical conjugation of "貢ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 貢が みつが mituga
Continuative (連用形) 貢ぎ みつぎ mitugi
Terminal (終止形) 貢ぐ みつぐ mitugu
Attributive (連体形) 貢ぐ みつぐ mitugu
Realis (已然形) 貢げ みつげ mituge
Imperative (命令形) 貢げ みつげ mituge
Key constructions
Negative 貢がず みつがず mitugazu
Contrasting conjunction 貢げど みつげど mitugedo
Causal conjunction 貢げば みつげば mitugeba
Conditional conjunction 貢がば みつがば mitugaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 貢ぎき みつぎき mitugiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 貢ぎけり みつぎけり mitugikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 貢ぎつ みつぎつ mitugitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 貢ぎぬ みつぎぬ mituginu
Perfect-continuative tense 貢げり
貢ぎたり		 みつげり
みつぎたり		 mitugeri
mitugitari
Volitional 貢がむ みつがむ mitugamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ “貢ぐ”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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