| Alternative spellings |
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| 広める 弘める 拡める |
From the classical lower bigrade verb (ラ行下二段活用) ひろむ (hiromu). Related to the adjective ひろい (hiroi, “wide, broad”), eventually from Proto-Japonic *pirə.
Ending める, originally む, may be related to the む seen in other verbalized adjectives, such as 悲しむ, 楽しむ, or 痛む, and also to the nominalizing suffix み.
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. For the Old / Classical form, see the ひろむ entry.
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
広める | ひろめる | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 広めろ | ひろめろ | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 広められる | ひろめられる | |
| Causative | 広めさせる | ひろめさせる | |
| Potential | 広められる | ひろめられる | |
| Volitional | 広めよう | ひろめよー | |
| Negative | 広めない | ひろめない | |
| Negative perfective | 広めなかった | ひろめなかった | |
| Formal | 広めます | ひろめます | |
| Perfective | 広めた | ひろめた | |
| Conjunctive | 広めて | ひろめて | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 広めれば | ひろめれば | |
ひろめる • (hiromeru) ichidan (stem ひろめ (hirome), past ひろめた (hirometa))
Common objects the verb takes: 教え (oshie, “(religious) teaching”), 見聞 (kenbun, “experience, knowledge”), 名 (na, “name, fame”), 信仰 (shinkō, “(religious) faith, belief”), 噂 (uwasa, “rumor”), 法 (hō, “dharma”), 知識 (chishiki, “knowledge”), 仏法 (buppō, “Buddhist teachings”).
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ひろめ | hirome | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ひろめ | hirome | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ひろめる | hiromeru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ひろめる | hiromeru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ひろめれ | hiromere | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ひろめよ¹ ひろめろ² |
hiromeyo¹ hiromero² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | ひろめられる | hiromerareru | ||
| Causative | ひろめさせる ひろめさす |
hiromesaseru hiromesasu | ||
| Potential | ひろめられる ひろめれる³ |
hiromerareru hiromereru³ | ||
| Volitional | ひろめよう | hiromeyō | ||
| Negative | ひろめない ひろめぬ ひろめん |
hiromenai hiromenu hiromen | ||
| Negative continuative | ひろめず | hiromezu | ||
| Formal | ひろめます | hiromemasu | ||
| Perfective | ひろめた | hirometa | ||
| Conjunctive | ひろめて | hiromete | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | ひろめれば | hiromereba | ||
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