尋ねる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
尋
たず
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese 尋ぬ (tazunu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.

Development
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.


Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「尋ねる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		尋ねる たずねる
Imperative (命令形) 尋ねろ たずねろ
Key constructions
Passive 尋ねられる たずねられる
Causative 尋ねさせる たずねさせる
Potential 尋ねられる たずねられる
Volitional 尋ねよう たずねよー
Negative 尋ねない たずねない
Negative perfective 尋ねなかった たずねなかった
Formal 尋ねます たずねます
Perfective 尋ねた たずねた
Conjunctive 尋ねて たずねて
Hypothetical conditional 尋ねれば たずねれば

Verb

尋(たず)ねる • (tazuneru) transitive ichidan (stem 尋(たず)ね (tazune), past 尋(たず)ねた (tazuneta))

  1. ask (a question)
    Synonyms: 聞く (kiku), (humble) 伺う (ukagau)
    道(みち)を尋(たず)ねる
    michi o tazuneru
    to ask for directions
  2. search, look for, investigate
    Synonym: 探す (sagasu)
    生(い)き別(わか)れの子(こ)を尋(たず)ねる
    ikiwakare no ko o tazuneru
    to search for a long-lost child
    真(しん)理(り)を尋(たず)ねる
    shinri o tazuneru
    to seek truth

Conjugation

Conjugation of "尋ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 尋ね たずね tazune
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 尋ね たずね tazune
Shūshikei ("terminal") 尋ねる たずねる tazuneru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 尋ねる たずねる tazuneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 尋ねれ たずねれ tazunere
Meireikei ("imperative") 尋ねよ¹
尋ねろ² 		たずねよ¹
たずねろ² 		tazuneyo¹
tazunero²
Key constructions
Passive 尋ねられる たずねられる tazunerareru
Causative 尋ねさせる
尋ねさす 		たずねさせる
たずねさす 		tazunesaseru
tazunesasu
Potential 尋ねられる
尋ねれる³ 		たずねられる
たずねれる³ 		tazunerareru
tazunereru³
Volitional 尋ねよう たずねよう tazuneyō
Negative 尋ねない
尋ねぬ
尋ねん 		たずねない
たずねぬ
たずねん 		tazunenai
tazunenu
tazunen
Negative continuative 尋ねず たずねず tazunezu
Formal 尋ねます たずねます tazunemasu
Perfective 尋ねた たずねた tazuneta
Conjunctive 尋ねて たずねて tazunete
Hypothetical conditional 尋ねれば たずねれば tazunereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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