辿る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
辿
たど
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「辿る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		辿る たどる
Imperative (命令形) 辿れ たどれ
Key constructions
Passive 辿られる たどられる
Causative 辿らせる たどらせる
Potential 辿れる たどれる
Volitional 辿ろう たどろー
Negative 辿らない たどらない
Negative perfective 辿らなかった たどらなかった
Formal 辿ります たどります
Perfective 辿った たどった
Conjunctive 辿って たどって
Hypothetical conditional 辿れば たどれば

Verb

辿(たど)る • (tadoru) transitive godan (stem 辿(たど)り (tadori), past 辿(たど)った (tadotta))

  1. follow, pursue (a road, course)
    道(みち)を辿(たど)る
    michi o tadoru
    to follow a path
  2. follow a hyperlink
  3. to steer, to navigate (towards a specific place)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "辿る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 辿ら たどら tadora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 辿り たどり tadori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 辿る たどる tadoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 辿る たどる tadoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 辿れ たどれ tadore
Meireikei ("imperative") 辿れ たどれ tadore
Key constructions
Passive 辿られる たどられる tadorareru
Causative 辿らせる
辿らす 		たどらせる
たどらす 		tadoraseru
tadorasu
Potential 辿れる たどれる tadoreru
Volitional 辿ろう たどろう tadorō
Negative 辿らない たどらない tadoranai
Negative continuative 辿らず たどらず tadorazu
Formal 辿ります たどります tadorimasu
Perfective 辿った たどった tadotta
Conjunctive 辿って たどって tadotte
Hypothetical conditional 辿れば たどれば tadoreba

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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