慈しむ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いつく
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the adjective (いつく)しい (itsukushii).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「慈しむ
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
慈しむ つくし
Imperative (命令形) 慈しめ つくし
Key constructions
Passive 慈しまれる つくしまれ
Causative 慈しませる つくしませ
Potential 慈しめる つくしめ
Volitional 慈しもう つくしも
Negative 慈しまない つくしまない
Negative perfective 慈しまなかった つくしまなかった
Formal 慈しみます つくしみま
Perfective 慈しんだ つくしんだ
Conjunctive 慈しんで つくしんで
Hypothetical conditional 慈しめば つくしめば

Verb

(いつく)しむ (itsukushimutransitive godan (stem (いつく)しみ (itsukushimi), past (いつく)しんだ (itsukushinda))

  1. to be affectionate, to regard with tenderness or pity, to cherish

Conjugation

References

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